Chapter 442: Eastern Expedition! Drive out wolves and devour tigers!
It’s August in time dimension.
Mid-Autumn Festival is coming.
Yingtian City is filled with lanterns, and the whole country is at peace. Water transportation, sea transportation, and land transportation have supported this prosperous metropolis.
Nowadays, every festival in Yingtian City is an unforgettable grand event. Products from all over the world are shipped to the capital, filling the daily operations of the Emperor's City.
Today's Yingtian City can be said to be the place with the largest variety of goods in the world. Gold and silver artifacts from as far away as the continent of Europa, as well as complex mysterious items, fill the streets and alleys of Yingtian City.
At the Longwan Pier outside the West City, every day there are thousands of boats racing thousands of miles, hundreds of boats vying for the current, thousands of sails racing on the river, and the walls climbing like clouds. Near the trestles that stretch into the river, there are rows of merchant ships that have dropped their anchors.
Countless goods passed through Waijinchuan Gate and entered Yingtian City through Jinchuan Gate, Zhongfu Gate, and Yifeng Gate. But now there are so many goods that the West City that originally seemed empty and deserted in Yingtian City,
In addition to the military camps, there are now many more warehouses.
From Waijinchuanmen Longwan Wharf, go east to Shangyuanmen.
It is rumored that in order to relieve the pressure on Longwan Wharf and ease the traffic in Xicheng, Yingtian Mansion intends to dig out a larger wharf and cargo storage area outside Shangyuanmen.
According to the wishes of the newly appointed magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, the scale of Shangyuanmen Pier will be as large as ten Longwan Piers.
The entire northwest area of Xuanwu Lake will become a freight distribution center, handling massive amounts of goods every day, supplying the vitality of Yingtian City and delivering a steady stream of nutrients to the world.
He even wanted to re-drill a river from Shangyuanmen to Xuanwu Lake. According to the newly promoted magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, the original river channel was so narrow that the court's navy drills in Xuanwu Lake were like naughty boys.
It's like riding in a bathtub and playing in the water.
As for this newly appointed magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, who came from his heart and followed the former Chief Envoy of Cochin Road back to Beijing to report on his duties. Once his memorial was reported to Wenyuan Pavilion, it was received almost without any questioning.
pass.
So the magistrate, as the parent official of Yingtian Prefecture, began to resist the days of land reclamation and river digging with explosives.
Today.
Ying Tianfu was notified early and requested to blockade the entire area from Jinchuan Gate to Waijinchuan Gate, blockade Longwan Wharf, and clear all official, commercial, and civilian ships on the trestle.
When Zou Xueyu, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, learned the news early in the morning, he was furious.
This time was just before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and countless goods were waiting to be transported into the city on the dock. Now the imperial court actually wanted to block the entire Longwan dock for a whole day, and the impact caused by Yingtian Mansion was incalculable.
"Master, this order comes from the cabinet, and we don't dare not accept it. Longwan Pier is closed, and there is Dongshuiguan Pier in the south of the city that can be temporarily used. It only lasts for a day.
delay."
The promotion officer of Yingtian Mansion explained carefully to appease the anger of his master.
Zou Xueyu was far less old than Tui Guan, but he looked more majestic. Just by turning his neck, the officials in the surrounding government offices lowered their heads.
"What exactly are we going to do today?"
The cabinet's order was unquestionable. Zou Xueyu's eyes flickered and he asked why the Longwan Pier was blocked and emptied today.
The officer lowered his head and spoke in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the imperial army's troops for the Eastern Expedition are leaving from the pier today. Your Highness, the Emperor Taisun, personally set up an altar to point out the generals to show off the might of the army.
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"Eastern March?" Zou Xueyu frowned visibly.
The official sighed helplessly. As long as he lowered his head, he could see the mud on the legs of his master.
These days, due to the construction of Shangyuanmen Pier and the excavation of a wider river channel from Shangyuanmen Pier to Xuanwu Lake, the dignified magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, who was from the third grade in Dahongpao, actually stayed in that large area all day long and can only be described as deserted.
He described the place he was in, but he didn't care at all about things above the court.
Zou Xueyu stopped and stood on the street looking at the noisy crowds around him. These were the people under his rule as the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture.
The official and the remaining officials did not know what the governor was going to do.
Zou Xueyu had already raised his legs and stomped on the ground a few times, shaking off a large piece of mud. Then he raised his head and looked at the official: "How is it? Did it hinder the official's appearance? Did it bump into His Highness?
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The official sighed helplessly: "Master Fu, just go to the pier. Who is Your Highness? I will not blame you, Mr. Fu."
The official said this, but in his heart he couldn't laugh or cry.
Today is the day when the imperial army sets off for the Eastern Expedition. The emperor's grandson will set up an altar at Longwan Pier to cheer for the army. The scene will definitely be dominated by the meritorious generals from the Governor's Palace, and then the six troops.
Officials of the Five Temples.
Even if the Lord of the House is a third-grade prefect of Gyeonggi, it is not enough to see him in such a scene.
Zou Xueyu nodded and continued to rush to Longwan Pier outside Waijinchuan Gate.
Before they passed the Waijinchuan Gate, they waved and pointed aside: "On both sides of the street, you are not allowed to throw away debris at will, and you are not allowed to park at will to obstruct traffic. We will build a public house here later to maintain order here."
The official became more and more helpless, and now the palace official was really thinking about it.
But no one dared to speak out against it. No one in Yingtian Mansion knew that the Master followed the man in Wenyuan Pavilion whom everyone respectfully called Mr. Xiao Gaoge.
Don't spend money indiscriminately. The officials who followed Mr. Xiao Gaoge back from Jiaozhi Road were all good at planning, and no one could benefit from it. But these superior officials could always find the right person at the right time.
Oil and water are used to subsidize everyone at the top and bottom of the yamen.
These are people of great ability.
The official followed Zou Xueyu and waved to the clerk beside him, indicating to the other party to record down one by one the Fu Zun's opinions on the public security management of the streets behind Jinchuan Gate outside Yingtian City.
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When Zou Xueyu rushed out of the city gate, a huge Longwan Pier that made him feel strange appeared in front of him.
Throughout the dock area outside the city gate, countless colorful flags and ribbons were fluttering in the river breeze.
Treasure ships and warships at the same height as Yingtian City were docked quietly on the trestle, but they were slowly rising and falling with the flow of the river.
Groups of Shangzhiqin military guards separated the area of the dock, but around and at high altitudes, there were countless people and merchants watching the court officials and officers and soldiers getting ready to go on the dock.
Similarly, those ships that were driven away from the dock would also lower their anchors upstream, and the crew and merchants would climb to the highest point of the ship and look at everything on the dock.
Under the city gate, on a simple high platform set up to worship the generals, the cabinet ministers of the Ming Dynasty appeared in front of people for the first time.
The position quietly said it all.
Zhu Yunxi stood in front of an altar table with tiger charms and swords. Behind him were Ren Hengtai and Xu Yungong, followed by Xie Jin and Gao Yangzhi.
As for Zhai Shan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Yu Xin, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Jun, the Minister of the Ministry of Works, and Ru Ru, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who finally walked out of the Imperial Hospital, they were all half a step behind the four in front.
Further down, there are other officials from the six departments, five temples and three Dharma divisions.
The meritorious generals of the country under the Governor's Office did not appear on the stage to pay homage to the generals today, because regardless of whether they were needed for the Eastern Expedition, all the meritorious military generals in Beijing today went into battle and lined up in front of the stage to pay homage to the generals.
Behind the meritorious military generals, there are a small number of martial arts students who are uniformly wearing the exclusive training robes for martial arts students in the lecture hall. On the left and right sides and in the rear are the elite officers and soldiers of the Beijing Army under the Governor's Palace, as well as the superior army. Wei's Tiger and Strong Division.
The generals wore the armor that had followed them for more than thirty years, carried the swords that drank countless blood, and were full of fierce fighting spirit.
The eyes of the officers and soldiers around them were spitting out murderous aura all the time, and the longing for military glory deep in their pupils.
The people who appeared on the dock today were all members of the Eastern Expedition selected by the Metropolitan Governor through many layers of processes.
A total of 20,000 people will be the first batch of reinforcements to sail eastward to conquer Japan.
He was led by Zhu Shou, Marquis of Junfu, and went to Japan as the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Battalion of the Eastern Expedition Army and the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Expedition Army.
As for the Eastern Expedition Army, it was renamed from the original True Japanese Army. Not surprisingly, Cao Guogong Li Jinglong won the position of General of the Eastern Expedition and Commander-in-Chief of the Eastern Expedition Army at the court, leading the entire Eastern Expedition to comprehensively manage the Japanese Empire. matters.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, Ren Hengtai held the ornate Eastern Expedition in his hand. With the help of several loudspeakers, he shouted to the soldiers on the entire dock, conveying the will of the emperor and the court.
The decree was more about explaining the procedural justice of the Ming Dynasty's eastern expedition against the Japanese country, and the Japanese country's serious crimes, so much so that the Ming Dynasty had to send troops to conquer the country in order to maintain peace in this beautiful world.
After Ren Hengtai finished reading the beautifully worded edict, he asked Jie Jin in a low voice: "Who wrote this edict? It's pretty good."
Xie Jin turned his head away from his chief assistant, hummed and said in a low voice: "I asked the governor of the general affairs envoy Si Yamen to write it."
Ren Hengtai was stunned for a moment, and then he stopped discussing this with Xie Jin. Instead, he rolled up the imperial edict and carefully placed it on the altar table behind Zhu Yunxi.
Finally, he came behind Zhu Yunxi and said: "Your Highness, I will cheer for you at this point to strengthen the morale of the army."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were dazed for a moment.
The colorful flags in front of him seemed to form a dreamy scene in front of his eyes.
Deep in the picture, there are countless things that are familiar to me but are becoming increasingly unfamiliar.
When the voice of the chief minister of the cabinet reached his ears, he woke up from his dream.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the army gathered in front of him and was ready to attack, and couldn't help but chuckle. As time passed, the number of times he saw those dreamy scenes became less and less.
He turned around and took the tiger talisman and sword on the altar table with his left and right hands respectively, turned around and walked to the general worship platform.
"Eastern March! I will wait for you with the title of King!"
The promise of becoming a king.
Just one sentence instantly ignited all the soldiers, and there was no need for more cheering words to boost the morale of the soldiers.
Marquis Zhu Shou shook off his robe from the audience. The wind blew his robe, making him look like an undefeated God of War as he walked from the audience to the stage.
Plop.
Zhu Shou cupped his fists with both hands, got down on one knee, and knelt heavily on the general worship platform, kneeling in front of His Highness the Emperor Taisun.
"I hope you will be victorious in every battle!"
"I hope you will return in triumph!"
"I hope you and others are safe and sound!"
Zhu Yunxi extended his highest blessings, and then sent the tiger talisman and sword in his hand to Zhu Shou's raised hands, which had been prepared for a long time.
Woo woo woo...
Dong dong dong...
On the entire outer Jinchuan Gate city wall, countless horns and war drums sounded at the same time.
A cannon with a thick mouth was placed on the shore, venting the Ming Dynasty's high-spirited and invincible fighting spirit toward the sky.
Cannons roared.
The officers and soldiers began to board the ship.
The first to board the ship were the officers and soldiers selected by the guards of the Beijing army, then the men and horses of the imperial guards, and finally the generals at all levels in the army and the hundreds of people who were about to graduate but were sent away by a military order from the governor's office.
The martial arts students at the Kungfu Hall on the front lines of Japan.
Finally, Zhu Shou boarded the largest flagship warship.
A bright red shirt floated into people's sight from the bow of the ship.
The naval warship docked on the trestle loosened the fixed rope and took out the anchor that sank to the bottom.
Long blasts of horns emanated from the warships, echoing the blasts of horns, drums, and artillery on the pier.
As the fleet slowly sailed toward the center of the river, the people watching around the dock burst into loud cheers, and everyone was sending their purest blessings and expectations to the Eastern Expedition army.
Zhu Yunxi looked back at the cabinet and officials from the six ministries on the stage where he paid homage to the generals.
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Taisun called slowly, causing everyone present to bow and bow.
Zhu Yunxi gently patted the altar table with his palm: "I think the so-called people's will is what I see at this moment. Everyone, what do you think?"
All the officials said yes.
As expected, Zou Xueyu, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, who was squeezed in at the back, stood on tiptoes and looked up at the emperor's grandson in front of him, feeling mixed in his heart.
He had met His Highness Taisun when he was on Jiaozhi Road. At that time, Taisun was still leading the charge, but now he has grown to the point where he can destroy an entire region with a wave of his hand.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and tapped his knuckles three times on the altar table: "In this way, let's all disperse. Focus on the government, the new policy, and the Eastern Campaign. The Ming Dynasty can grant kings to meritorious soldiers, or let you
Waiting to rest with the country."
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boom!
The latest model of artillery produced by the general supervisor burst into Li Jinglong's ears with a huge roar and fire, and with thick gunpowder smoke, he and Tie Xuan were instantly enveloped.
"Bah, bah, bah!"
Li Jinglong spat one after another, then put his palm on the handle of the knife at his waist and looked at the two armies fighting at the foot of the mountain.
"Tell the Yoshinoya people to send another five thousand people to attack. If they don't attack the city today, the Ming army's artillery fire will fall on them!"
Tie Xuan nodded silently and waved his hand to the herald in front of the formation to convey the general's order.
This is a strategy to drive away wolves and devoured tigers.
Use the lives of the Yoshino family of the Southern Dynasty to maximize the power of the Ashikaga family of the Northern Dynasty.
A clear conspiracy.
If the Yoshino family honestly fights for the battle with their lives, then the Ming Dynasty will always be their most solid ally. If the Yoshino family is disobedient, the Ming army that has been behind the battle line will become the burial place of the Yoshino family.
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"Tell them again that as long as they can rush to the city wall, we can break the city wall and allow the Yoshino family to occupy the city alone for three days to rest and recuperate."
Li Jinglong added, looking at the city with a population of only thirty to fifty thousand people at the foot of the hillside.
With these words, the people in this city will never leave this city again.