"Witch, watch the fight!"
"Your Majesty, please be gentle..."
"Pa bang bang..."
In the Imperial City of Xi'an, the original palace of Prince Qin of the Ming Dynasty, in a newly renovated training room, the sounds of fighting were heard. This is the Grand Duke and the Emperor competing in swordsmanship with his queen, the enchantress Natalie - that Natalie was the "gift" that the Ottoman Sultan asked Huang Zhisheng to give to Zhu Heji. Because she looks so enchanting and knows how to cause trouble, she got the nickname "witch".
The swordsmanship that Witch Natalie is best at is of course!
Whether it's the propriety of poking someone with a sword or the posture of being poked and struck, they are all mastered to the extreme. It's impossible for anyone who is not a top-notch master to do it. Therefore, as soon as she arrived at Zhu Heji's side, she was immediately favored, and she was known as the three masters in the harem along with Nanquan master Dabo Ling and wrestling female wrestler Anu.
Among these three masters, Natalie is definitely the most difficult one to deal with. Her Western swordsmanship is really superb, and she can play foil, two-handed swords, and double swords very smoothly. Moreover, she is also the youngest among the three. She is just twenty years old this year, and her physical strength is at its peak. Although her figure is a bit graceful, it does not affect her flexibility at all.
After competing with her for several months, Zhu Heji's swordsmanship, which was not very good at using swords at first, also improved by leaps and bounds. However, no matter how much his swordsmanship improved, it was still very difficult to take down Natalie, and he often fell into trouble. Losing at the hands of Natalie...what a shame!
However, Natalie's swordsmanship seemed to be unstable. Every time she defeated Zhu Heji, she would have a "Pride leads to failure" in the next competition. Every time he was very "proud", and even mocked Emperor Zhu Da's mediocre swordsmanship, and then let Zhu Heji take down it cleanly.
Before today's competition, Natalie's habit of being "bitchy" happened again, which offended Emperor Zhu. Then during the competition, Emperor Zhu, who had "exploded" his potential, used a set of Wudang swordsmanship to kill him. With the power of parry, there is no power to fight back.
Fortunately, today was just a point-and-click competition, so both sides did not use real swords, but bamboo swords. However, it still hurts when the bamboo sword hits someone. Although Zhu Heji and Natalie both wore protective gear, it only blocked important parts of the front. The back, buttocks, and thighs were still not covered. ... Zhu Heji was angry with her today, so he saw the opportunity and slapped her hard twice. It was really a relief!
But after relieving his anger, Emperor Zhu began to feel sorry for Natalie again... This Natalie's appearance, figure, and her ability to seduce people are comparable to those in Ukraine in Zhu Hesi's previous life. "Teacher" is much better.
By the way, this Natalie is also a Ukrainian. Her surname is Leshinskaya. She is not a slave girl captured by the Crimean Khanate from the southern Rakshasa grassland. Her father was originally a nobleman under the command of Petro Doroshenko, the Cossack Hetman of Right Bank Ukraine. He followed Doroshenko to defect to the Ottoman Empire for the cause of Ukrainian independence, and followed Doroshenko to participate in the war as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire. Series and the melee between Poland, Rakshasa, and Left Bank Ukraine. Because of their efforts, the war in Right Bank Ukraine lasted from 1666 to 1681... and finally turned the Right Bank Ukraine that originally belonged to Poland into the Right Bank Ukraine that belonged to the Ottoman Turkish Empire.
At the same time, Ukraine on the right bank was repeatedly bloodbathed by Turks, Tatars, Poles, and the Ukrainians who supported Doroshenko and opposed Doroshenko themselves, leaving rivers of blood and devastation everywhere. There were ruins everywhere, and there were also A considerable part of the Ukrainian land on the right bank was lost (it was added to Turkey).
At the end of the battle, Doroshenko betrayed his family, was abandoned by the Turks, and was taken as a prisoner by the Rakshasa people. Now he is still imprisoned in the Rakshasa country, and he doesn't know where he is "digging potatoes"?
Natalie's father, because his territory was transferred to Turkey, had to become a vassal of the Ottoman Sultan. He also gave his daughter, who was skilled in swordsmanship and very beautiful and enchanting, to the court of the Crimean Khan for training. He may still have the dream that his daughter can one day become the sultan's favorite concubine and give birth to a new sultan - if Natalie becomes the queen mother, she may be able to use the power of the Ottoman Empire to help the Ukrainians gain "freedom."
However, the Ottoman court never accepted aristocratic girls with background as female slaves. The Ottoman Sultan only wanted real female slaves to avoid raising a powerful group of relatives. So Natalie was transferred to the Ming Dynasty by Muhammad IV and became the woman of the Grand Duke and the Emperor.
Although it is impossible for the Grand Duke and Emperor to help Ukraine, for Natalie, the strong and powerful Emperor Zhu Da, who is not too old but is only in his forties and very domineering, is older and fatter than Muhammad IV. Sudan is too strong.
Moreover, Zhu Heji also "loves" fencing, a hobby he shares with Natalie. Although sometimes she would be a little rough when she was annoyed by Natalie, but that roughness was just a little fun for Natalie who had been practicing fencing since she was a child...
Emperor Zhu Da, who finally captured Natalie in the training ground, was about to take today's "prey" back to the palace for a heart-to-heart talk when the voice of the noble concubine Ye Yuling suddenly came from outside: "Your Majesty, General Kangxi and Na Lan Mingzhu is here. Do you want to see him now or later?"
Zhu Heji glanced at Natalie, who was already kneeling on the ground with her butt stuck out, and smiled and said, "It won't be enough for a while!"
It’s a heart-to-heart talk, why don’t we have a good talk?
Thinking of this, he waved his hand and said: "Natalie, go to the bedroom and wait. I will go find you when I'm done."
"Yes." Natalie pouted in response, then bowed again before standing up and leaving.
Seeing Natalie leaving, Ye Yuling came up with a smile, and while taking off Zhu Heji's armor, she said with a smile: "Your Majesty, that Mohammed IV is quite sensible, and brought you Na With a Hu Ji like Tully, it seems that this friend is not in vain!”
Ye Yuling is obviously speaking kindly for Natalie and Mohammed Sultan... As for the reason, everyone knows.
Zhu Heji chuckled and glanced at Da Bo Ling, who was already in her forties but still had her charm. He just didn't comment and asked, "Is Cewang Alabutan here?"
"Here too," Natalie nodded, "Waiting outside Cunxin Hall with General Kangxi and Nalan Mingzhu."
"Okay, see you later." Zhu Heji wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Da Bo Ling with a smile, "Please take a bath for me... You can't go to see people with such a stinking smell. ?”
"Yes." Da Bo Ling responded with a smile.
...
Kangxi General Chang Ning surrendered to the Ming Dynasty on behalf of his brother Emperor Kangxi in May of the second year of the Grand Duke. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than nine years and almost ten years!
In the past nine years, except for the first four years, which were not easy, the last five years have been quite smooth for him. This is because he was sent to Lake Baikal as a general by Zhu Heji.
He was exiled to Ninggu Pagoda. Chang Ning led tens of thousands of Ming Eight Banners to Baikal. It would be a bit unkind for Emperor Zhu not to let him go.
Moreover, when Zhu Heji sent Kangxi General Chang Ning to Baikal, the real Kangxi also took his men and fled to the Western Regions, no longer with the Chinese side. Zhu Heji's main opponents in the Celestial Empire also changed from the remnants of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to the Junggar and Heshuote tribes of the Oirat Mongolia.
Since the Ming Dynasty in Zhu Heji's hands faced the dilemma of having too much land and too few people, and at the same time, he had to compete with Westerners for territory in Southeast Asia and America when the native population was too small, so he had to win over Let’s talk about the Mongols – a small number of people is not a reason not to expand! Because England and Spain only have a few million people these days, wouldn’t they also leave a world empire for future generations? No matter how few people there are in the Ming Dynasty, there are still tens of millions, so why not fight?
Moreover, Zhu Heji estimated that he would not survive until the time when conflicts between man and land appeared in the mainland of China... With the current land of China, it would have to exceed 300 million to appear crowded! At the end of the 18th century, the United States was founded! If we wait until then to expand, it will probably be too late.
In addition, external expansion does not require sufficient national strength. Sometimes the ruling group is fierce enough to fight, and the opponent is good enough, so even if the country's power is not very good, it can still expand.
For example, at the time of Li Shimin in the early Tang Dynasty, how many years had Datang been established? Why not destroy the Turks and open up the Western Regions as usual? Also, when Spain conquered the Americas, the Reconquest Movement had just ended, and the Kingdom of Spain was not even truly unified. But didn't this fragmented Spain still easily destroy the Aztecs and Incas?
When the French opened up Quebec and New France, the homeland was also in chaos. The War of Three Henrys had just been fought at home, France was still on the verge of a religious war at home, and Spain was eyeing it abroad.
When the Chosen United States took over most of Mexico, it was also full of domestic conflicts and was about to start a Civil War.
Therefore, Zhu Heji has no reason to leave the expansion to his grandson or great-grandson... It is also easy for him to expand externally now, and the generation of "evil people" who follow him to conquer the world He is still strong, but he has no place to pour out his bad water, no place to put his excess evil energy, and he has a bunch of disciples who are gearing up under him. If they are not allowed to do evil outside, those evil spirits will cause trouble in the country sooner or later.
This is also called passing on domestic conflicts, right?
Because of the need for external expansion, especially the expansion of the vast American continent, and at the same time to prevent the Tianfang Sect from expanding in the northwest and breaking the ethnic and religious balance in the northwest, Zhu Heji decided to control the Junggar and Heshuote in the northwest. , Chahar and other Mongolian forces in Mobei adopted a policy of primarily co-opting and supplementing by beating. And he successfully won over Burni, and also disintegrated the Dzungarian Khanate of Galdan by winning over the three brothers Anu and Cewang Alabutan.
Under this policy of co-optation, Zhu Heji would of course ignore Kangxi General Chang Ning, who had already hid on the edge of Lake Baikal... and treat him as if he did not exist. Let him fend for himself!
Kangxi General Chang Ning lived on the shores of Lake Baikal for seven or eight years. It was quite difficult at the beginning. It was freezing cold in that place, and it was not a place for people to stay at all. Many people died of suffering in the first year or two after arriving at Lake Baikal. Chang Ning also lost many relatives, including three children and two Fujins, who were sent to his family for a period of time. But after hard work, the wind is coming!
First, the Ming Dynasty and the Rakshasa Kingdom signed a demarcation and trade agreement. At the same time, the King's City on Lake Baikal was also repaired and business could begin. Then there were successive wars between Christians and Tianfang believers in Europe, and the demand for sugar soared. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty's economy also began to prosper, and the demand for all kinds of furs also soared. So the business of exchanging furs for sugar took off!
General Kangxi and his men not only made huge profits from the furs-for-sugar business—on the one hand, they could set up cards to collect taxes, but on the other hand, they also participated in the fur-for-sugar business. At the same time, they also exchanged many crop seeds that can be sown in cold areas through transactions with the Rakshasa people, built many farms on the edge of Lake Baikal, and fished out fish and shrimp from Lake Baikal and sold them to merchants in Tianwang City.
In addition, the Ming Eight Banners who moved to Lake Baikal with General Kangxi finally adapted to the local climate - those who couldn't adapt should die! So their population finally began to grow, and every winter was no longer difficult.
By the ninth or tenth year of the Grand Duke's reign, many senior officials of the Eight Banners of the Ming Dynasty, including Kangxi General Chang Ning, had already become rich. Everyone bought the best "lake-view house" in Beihai Tianwang City on the north shore of Lake Baikal. Every year when the weather gets cold, they take their families to live in Tianwang City, eating, drinking and having fun in the big house where the fire is very warm.
However, these leaders of the Mingba Banner have been ups and downs many times, so of course they know the principle of not revealing their wealth... No matter how much money they deposited under a false name in Penglai Bank, or what they bought under a false name in Beihai Tianwang City No matter how luxurious the house is, the four words "low profile and pretend to be poor" must be kept in mind in every scene.
So the Kangxi General Chang Ning who appeared in the Cunxin Hall of the Imperial City in Xi'an today was just an old man with a beard and a weathered face, wearing a python robe that had long since faded and had several patches on it.
Nalan Mingzhu, who came with him, also looked shabby. Although his official uniform was not patched, his boots were patched. He was also leaning on a broken cane with the paint peeled off. He was limping and looking at it. People sympathized with him, and even Cewang Alabutan who was next to him was secretly wondering whether he should give them a few hundred silver coins?
Just when I was thinking of this, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "The Holy Spirit is here."
As soon as they heard that the saint was coming, the three people hurriedly greeted him. After Caishan finished shouting long live, he heard the sonorous voice of Emperor Zhu Da: "Hahaha, General Kangxi, I haven't seen you for many years, everything is fine? By the way, do you know? Your son Yin Rengke misses you!"
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