It’s not just Baiyu who is flawless—it’s also Cena. Huo Luochi was so sincere, if the emperor refused, it would inevitably chill his inner heart. Zhu Yijun thought about it for three seconds, then got off the donkey and accepted it decisively.
Because Cena had followed Huo Luochi to Saihanba secretly, Empress Dowager Li went to live in the emperor's golden tent directly after taking a look. After Zhu Yijun saw it, he was amazed and felt that the appearance of this Persian-Mongolian hybrid was a bit overwhelming. Well, it's a bit like Ba, and a bit like Zha - combining the strengths of the two.
After Cena entered the Golden Tent to serve Zhu Yijun, Zhang Siwei met her several times when reporting on political affairs. He actually didn't understand why Chen Ju, who went for the examination, and the later emperor thought this woman was beautiful.
In his opinion, Cena was too tall, her chest was too firm, her hair was brown and curly, her nose bridge was a little high, her eye sockets were a little deep, and she had a strange appearance - the emperor had sacrificed too much in order to appease the various tribes!
Since the emperor has made a sacrifice, he must use the political influence of this matter to the fullest. Therefore, Zhang Siwei urged Zhu Yijun to give Ce Na the title of concubine. The emperor accepted it and promised Huo Luochi that after returning to the capital, he would book a treasure for Cena and make her a concubine first. If a prince is born, he will be promoted to Concubine Yi.
"Yi" means "beautiful" and is homophonic for "different", which is similar to "Yi". This concubine's Han officials all understood it, but no one was displeased in front of Prince Duoluo and analyzed and explained to him the truth behind it. Huo Luochi's intention was to curry favor with her, but she didn't expect Cena to be granted the title of concubine. She was overjoyed and took out a lot of large pieces of mutton-fat jade, and everyone around the emperor had a share.
Now that they are married, the leader of the Nishikaitara tribe cannot become a duke. Although the 30,000 households were somewhat reluctant, they were still given the title of third-class hereditary county king and awarded a gold seal.
The flag owners of the 39th Banner of Monan, the 22nd Banner of Mobei, and the 19th Banner of Xihai almost lost their waists due to Huo Luochi's coquettish maneuvers. Because Kui Mengke of Nenhorqin was close to Saihanba, he planned to send a fast horse back to the tribe and bring his daughter to let the emperor see her.
Zhang Siwei heard about it and hurriedly went to persuade her: "My lord, you are already a second-class prince, so don't cause trouble. Besides, I heard that my concubine is of Persian mixed blood - you are too busy now and it's too late."
Tashara looked up to the sky and sighed, hating that his pasture was too far away from the Western Region and that he could not be as beautiful as Ye Na, the mother of Ze Na. Otherwise, fifteen years later, the emperor will only be in his thirties, and he can have relatives again.
Zhang Siwei induced: "Your Majesty, follow the imperial court to fight north. I heard that west of Beidi Mountain, there are many women with blond hair, fair skin, and long legs. That one you will... this one is not It’s not bad to be related to the emperor for personal use.”
Tashara's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly. Then he patted his chest and said, "Mr. Zhang, I will definitely accomplish this! If I gain something in the future, I will never forget you, brother!"
Zhang Siwei waved his hand: "No! No! I still like women from the Central Plains to be delicate and cute. Your Majesty, you don't have to think about me. This is not polite, really! It's more real than real gold!"
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This conversation was Zhang Siwei's break between his busy government affairs. After the meeting of the chiefs, he and the ministers who came with him were so busy that they went crazy in order to implement the emperor's edict.
Zhang Siwei, Wang Chonggu and the ministers in the Privy Council were drowned in piles of documents such as awarding rewards to chiefs, establishing flag masters, dividing pastures, appointing ministers stationed in Mongolia, and forming the Han-Mongolian coalition. In addition, other important memorials were sent from the capital in a hurry for Zhu Yijun to give instructions. Zhang Siwei also led people to sort them out and organize various meetings before the emperor: he almost died from exhaustion.
Tired to death, but leisurely. Shen Shixing, the Minister of Etiquette, could not only implement the awarding regulations that had been prepared long ago, but also spent a lot of his free time accompanying King Qin, King Zheng and other royal families and nobles to hold banquets, soaking in wine and enjoying singing and dancing every day. Very carefree.
The greatest cost of the emperor's tour occurred during the period after the gathering of chiefs. As the heavy-laden carriages that came with them gradually became empty, there were gradually more mosquitoes on the grassland, and Empress Dowager Li and others gradually became unbearable.
In late May, everything in Saihanba was completed. Suonan Gyatso's trip had already reached Xuanfu, which was less than a thousand miles away from the capital. Zhu Yijun decided to return to the capital to meet with him.
Before returning to Beijing, the last project is a military exercise. At this time, there are more wild animals than people among Saihanba forest and pasture. But hunting is not allowed until autumn, otherwise Zhu Yijun is going to imitate Kangxi and have a "Saihanba Autumn Monkey".
If hunting fails, the purpose of deterrence can only be achieved through military exercises. In the past two months, the military appearance, military discipline and training of the new army have fallen in the eyes of the chiefs, and they are all amazed.
But whether we can fight or not can only be seen through exercises. Therefore, this military exercise is completely designed for grassland operations - rapid movement of large corps, camping and supply drills, as well as artillery salvos, bird cannon fire, etc.
Although rapid troop transport is very important in the military, using telescopes to see the future during exercises is not shocking - it is the latter two items that almost scare everyone to the point of peeing.
At ten o'clock in the morning on May 30, the exercise entered the cannon speech stage. Along with the deafening sound, the exercise ground was filled with smoke, and the dust was flying from the rows of mounds hundreds of feet away in front of the rostrum. The audio-visual effect was absolutely explosive.
After the cannon's speech, the cannon array spoke. In order to simulate the effect of a cavalry charge, the new army in the exercise built two wooden fences one mile long on the grassland, like a wooden alley dozens of feet wide. On the east and west sides of the fence, more than a thousand wooden figures were built and inserted into the ground. From a distance, it looked like two infantry formations with a cavalry passage in the middle.
After the exercise began, the participants in the New Army exercise drew a white line in front of the battle line. The audience was confused and asked what the white line was for.
As the general blew the iron whistle in his mouth, the two hundred horses at the far end of the fence were all slashed on their butts. Then all the horses neighed and rushed toward the white line with an astonishing momentum.
Chief Meng thought to himself that if his military formation stood on the white line, he would have to avoid the edge temporarily.
However, the six hundred gunners who participated in the exercise fired seven rounds in one minute. None of the two hundred horses rushing forward at high speed could cross the white line. The corpses quickly piled up like mountains. The injured horses screamed and blood was everywhere. ,shocking.
The people watching the exercise were somewhat experienced in the battlefield, but they had never seen the power of firearms. Including clan nobles and Han officials, this was the first time for many of them to see such a military exercise so close to actual combat. Not only Chief Meng, but also Zhang Siwei almost became incontinent with fright, closing his eyes and not daring to look any further. The lips of several senior officials from the Privy Council who accompanied him trembled with excitement, and they were speechless with tears in their eyes.
But the more exciting thing is at the back, with the shooting of the bird gunner completed. The artilleryman spoke again, and the horse-drawn tiger squatting cannon fired a volley at the horse carcasses piled up at the entrance of the alley - oh, blood mist filled the sky, dyeing the eyes of everyone watching the exercise red.
Then the Tiger Crouching Cannon deflected its muzzle and fired another round at the wooden figures on both sides of the fence. The sound of the iron sand hitting the wooden figure was like a strong wind and rain. Although it followed the roar of the cannon, it was still clearly audible.
King Shunyi stood in front of Zhu Yijun, his eyes straight. He lowered his head and said to Hu Lahachi beside him: "With such military power, what do you need us people for? What use are we?"
Hu Lahachi played with the telescope given by the emperor and whispered: "Maybe the imperial cavalry can't do it."
Before he finished speaking, the ticking bugle was heard. The Ming cavalry rushed into the training ground from the east and west sides and passed in front of the Tiger Crouching Cannon. As they passed, Hu Lahachi saw a pile of black lumps being thrown into the wooden crowd.
While he was wondering, the wooden man suddenly began to explode, and the grenade fragments smashed the wooden man into pieces. The following cavalry all drew their sabers and rushed into the formation while shouting. While traveling at high speed, they cut off all the circular haystacks above the wooden figures and rushed out of the formation behind the formation.
King Shunyi's nose was itchy, his tear ducts were touched, and he felt as if something was about to flow out. He looked up at the sky and whispered: "This cavalry can beat five of us - if we can withstand the first round without blowing up the camp."
Hu Lahachi said heartlessly: "Anyway, we won't fight with the imperial court in the future. What are we afraid of? The more powerful the imperial army is, the easier it will be for us to conquer the north in the future."
King Shunyi looked complicated and hesitated to speak. He could only sigh and ended the meaningless conversation.
Hu Lahachi curled his lips and thought to himself: "You idiot, do you still think that you can be as good as you and me? Stop dreaming. The right thing to do is to lie down like me!"
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