In Nanjing in July, the people's mood was as hot as the weather. They were happily discussing the upcoming wedding ceremony and the barbarians from all over the world in teahouses, restaurants, and streets every day. The capital had not been so lively for a long time.
Of course, one would not know the turbulent undercurrent hidden beneath this lively and festive wave.
The auspicious day of the wedding came unknowingly on July 28th, and the atmosphere in the capital reached its peak on this day. Early in the morning, Zhu Youxiao called the eunuch to go to the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors and to Kunning Palace.
The Empress Dowager then went to the Fengtian Hall amidst the sound of music. The festivals, certificates, gold seals and other items used to welcome the bride and enthrone the queen were placed on the temporary table in the hall. Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Civil Affairs, served as the master of ceremonies for the wedding.
The other ministers in auspicious robes had already been waiting in the palace. The palace was decorated with lanterns and festoons everywhere. All the major palaces were decorated with red brocade curtains decorated with bright yellow tassels, and were covered with red bronzing double happiness characters. In broad daylight,
Many red candles with dragons were also lit, and the royal road was paved with red carpets. Han generals with golden helmets and golden armors stood solemnly on both sides of the royal road, holding axes with red lacquer poles and gold melons. Eunuchs in colorful clothes, and even more the maids of honor, stood on both sides of the royal road.
They gather in groups and look like colorful clouds.
Zhonghe Shao music is set up in front of Fengtian Hall, and Danbi great music is set up inside Fengtian gate. Fajialuolu is displayed in Danbi and the courtyard of Fengtian palace. The queen's guard of honor is displayed outside the Meridian Gate, including a queen's ceremonial carriage.
On the apricot yellow satin curtain outside, a large phoenix is embroidered with gold thread. "Female Music" is located behind the Qianqing Palace and in front of the Provincial Gong Palace. The princes and ministers stand happily on the Danbi of Fengtian Palace and in the courtyard of Fengtian Palace. Quiet Whip
After three rings, amidst the sound of drum music, the princes, princes and ministers performed a salute of "three kneels and nine kowtows" to the emperor, and the sound of "Long live" made the earth shake and the mountains shake. After the ceremony was over, the music stopped, and Qian Qianyi, the Minister of Rites, presented the gold book and gold treasure and read out
Then, he gave the festival, book, and treasure to the envoys who welcomed the bride. The princes and ministers paid their respects again. Zhu Youxiao drove back to Qianqing Palace amid the sound of music, waiting for the beautiful woman.
The wedding envoy placed the gold book and gold treasures in the "Dragon Pavilion". The honor guard and drum band were in front, with the wedding envoy in the middle, followed by the welcoming officials, eunuchs, and guards. They went out of the Meridian Gate and joined the Queen's guard of honor to carry a large number of gifts.
Rushing to Qian Mansion. A group of people and horses, colorful and green, stretching for several miles. The queen's honor guard alone included thirty-six people in Danbi's honor guard: two yellow flags, six halberds with five-color embroidered flags, six Ge five-color embroidered flags, and six Jin five-color brocade flags.
, four small pheasant fans, four red mixed flower group fans, two brocade covers, two purple square umbrellas, four red umbrellas. There are fifty-eight people in Danqi's ceremonial guard: four ban swords, four Jinwu sticks, four standing melons, and four lying melons
, four ceremonial knives, four stirrups, four bone flowers, four axes, twelve bells, two brocade covers, one golden chair, one golden footrest, one golden basin, one golden pitcher, and eight square fans. Commonly used rituals in the palace
There were twenty guards: eight envoys, two embroidered banners, two gold axes, two gold bone flowers, one gold chair, one gold footrest; twelve palace maids, one gold basin, one gold jug, one gold incense burner, one gold footrest;
The incense is combined into one, one golden spit pot, one golden spit bowl, two whisks, four square fans, and a pair of red sticks.
As soon as the wedding procession came out of Chengtian Gate, onlookers gathered around. Of course, everyone could only stop and watch outside the warning circle of soldiers from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division. The roads in the capital had been cleaned up by personnel sent by Yingtian Mansion.
A lot of water was sprinkled, all the unsightly houses on the road to welcome the bride were demolished, the trees along the road were tied with red ribbons, and the shops and houses facing the street were decorated with lights. It was really a celebration.
The wedding procession drove towards the Duke of Wei's Mansion amidst the sound of drums. Along the way, a special person scattered copper coins to the people watching on the roadside, which caused thunderous cheers. After the wedding procession passed, the large group of people were still unsatisfied and followed like a tide until they arrived.
The Duke's Mansion.
The Duke of Wei's mansion has been decorated a long time ago. The entrance of the mansion is covered with a long red felt. There is a sea of red above the door and on the wall. I don't know how many pieces of red satin were used. Even the pair of stone lions at the door.
It's almost wrapped in red satin.
When the wedding team arrived, Xu Yuanhui had already dressed up. After fasting and bathing for seven consecutive days,
Repeatedly use skin care agents and perfumes imported from the West to rub the face and body; then apply facial cleanser made of honey, rose petals and other raw materials on the face, wipe it gently with high-grade paper film; and use mutton fat and white fragrant fragrance.
Apply the skin cream made from other raw materials repeatedly. The last step is to apply powder on the face, draw eyeliner, eye shadow, draw green eyebrows, and apply red lips; then apply two pieces of "
Cheeks come on.
Her hair was combed into a flying bun according to the queen's specifications in preparation for wearing the phoenix crown. After being dressed up like this, Xu Yuanhui, who was originally lively and fresh, was made to look like a porcelain man.
Duke Xu Zengshou of Wei led his whole family, old and young, to kneel down at the gate to receive the wedding procession. The welcoming messenger loudly announced the edict. Amidst the sound of drums and drums, the sedan bearers in Jinyiwei carried the queen's carriage and dragon pavilion into the front yard, and then the eunuchs carried it to the "Embroidery Hall" in the backyard.
In front of the "Building", it was parked in the "auspicious position" designated by the officials of the Qin Tianjian. Miss Xu, wearing a queen's dress and a phoenix crown and harem, appeared on the stage, knelt down to receive the gold book and gold treasure, and returned to the "Building" to wait for the auspicious moment.
As soon as the auspicious time came, the bride was enthroned and set off. The large group of people passed through the Daming Gate, entered Chengtian Gate, Duanmen, and arrived at the Meridian Gate. The bells and drums on the tower were ringing. The procession entered the Forbidden City through the central entrance of the Meridian Gate.
From Fengtian Gate to Qianqing Gate. The queen's ceremonial procession entered the Qianqing Gate, and the eunuchs and maids lined up to applaud and welcome her. In front of His Majesty Dan, the envoys who welcomed the bride returned to their posts.
According to the ancestral system, the Queen must move into Kunning Palace after her wedding, and the wedding ceremony must be held in Kunning Palace. However, the Queen Mother was used to living in Kunning Palace and was unwilling to move out, so she changed the Queen's bedroom to Xiliu Palace.
The ceremony was held in the Chunhe Hall of the Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Youxiao and Xu Yuanhui sat opposite each other in the Qianqing Palace. After drinking and exchanging glasses of wine, the wedding was considered a success, and then Zhu Youxiao would take the queen to Fengtian Palace to "give an edict"
The wedding was completed, and the congratulations of the princes, ministers, and foreign envoys were received. At this time, all the top dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty gathered in the Fengtian Hall. The emperor sat on the dragon throne, the queen sat on the lower left side, and there were also people on both sides of the throne.
The two spacious thrones with dragons and phoenixes are respectively the seats of Empress Dowager Li and the nine thousand-year-old Empress Dowager. These former allies and current opponents are also wearing auspicious clothes, and they ascend to the palace and take their seats surrounded by left and right. First-class
The civil and military ministers stood in two groups in the Fengtian Hall, and officials of second rank and below and foreign envoys lined up outside the hall, waiting to take turns to go to the hall to pay their respects.
By this time, it was already close to noon. The ministers and envoys who had been standing in the palace waiting since the morning were already dizzy from the sun, and were so hungry that they couldn't wait to finish quickly so they could attend the royal banquet. Liu Ziguang
The admiral of the South Factory was standing in the corner of Fengtian Hall wearing a python robe. He had a soft sword wrapped around his waist, a Type 64 revolving pistol tucked into the leather holsters under his armpits, and a dagger stuck in his boot.
, it can be said that they are fully armed. Looking at the several housekeepers on the left and right of the Queen Mother and the several eunuchs wearing flying fish suits behind Jiuqiang, they also have a lot of stuff hidden in their bulging bags. No one has to be careful in such a big scene.
When Qian Qianyi saw that the Queen Mother and Jiu Qiansui had arrived at the scene, he winked at Bai Wenyuan who was waiting outside the palace. The latter nodded slightly and walked away. Then Qian Qianyi cleared his throat and took out the
The prepared proclamation was read out...
People in the palace were eagerly waiting for the banquet to begin, but the banquet outside the palace had already started. Wei Guogong's status was now more respected, and he had become a brand-new uncle-in-law. Who dares to refuse his post? Who dares to respect his face?
No? Almost all the mid-level generals of the Beijing army who were not qualified to go to the palace were invited to the palace by him. The huge Duke's palace was abuzz with people, and hundreds of jars of fine wine were available for everyone to use. The best ones were
The dishes were served as a stream, and the Duke of Guo personally toasted to everyone at the table. Everyone drank happily. After all, there were too many guests. It didn't take long for Xu Zengshou to drink too much. He vomited in front of everyone. The butler hurried over.
He supported me and explained to everyone that the father-in-law had not eaten in the morning, and now he had drunk more than ten kilograms of wine on an empty stomach. Even an iron-clad man could not hold on. Everyone also expressed their understanding and said that it would be bad if he drank on such a good day.
The housekeeper quickly helped the Duke in to rest.
After Xu Zengshou, who was drunk and confused, was helped into the back hall, he immediately woke up, took off his auspicious clothes, changed into an inconspicuous clear cloth shirt, went straight out of the back door, and galloped towards the east of the city.
At the Xiaoling Guard Camp on Purple Mountain outside the city, although there were 300 tables of sumptuous meals, there was meat but no wine. By the time Xu Zengshou’s fast horses arrived at the camp gate, the 3,000 men and horses had already had a full meal and were dressed.
After the armor formation was completed, Xu Zengshou also changed his armor, wore a sword, hung a bow and arrow on his waist, and hung a big gun on the victory hook. Without a word of nonsense, he only said five words: "The troops are sent to the Forbidden City!"
Although the 3,000 troops of the Xiaoling Guard were just soldiers guarding the spirit, they had been trained by Xu Zengshou over the years to follow the orders and prohibitions. They would hit wherever they were told and they absolutely obeyed the orders. As soon as the orders were given, they immediately opened the gate and marched towards the Chaoyang Gate with neat steps.
Go, the Xiaoling Guard is not a field army, it has no siege equipment, only common weapons such as swords, guns, bows and arrows. However, the city guard officers at Chaoyang Gate have long been invited to a wedding banquet by the Duke, and most of the officers and soldiers have also gone to the city to have fun during the holidays.
At this time, there were only dozens of old soldiers left on guard at the door. When they saw a group of men and horses coming under the banner of Xiaoling Guard, these old and dim-eyed guys were shocked and at a loss. How could the soldiers under the Duke of Guo carry weapons?
Come to have a wedding banquet. Before they could react, Xiaoling Guards had already entered the city gate. They did not give these people any trouble. They just left five hundred soldiers to control the city gate and then continued to drive away. At this time, the veteran defenders of the city
Only then did we notice the difference between the attire of these Xiaoling Guards and the previous ones, that is, each of them had a red silk tie tied around their neck.
It was not only the Xiaoling Guards who tied red silk around their necks, but also the people from the Nanchang and Donglin Party distributed a triangular piece of red silk to each person, "Press the left and buckle the right, right? It's really complicated, I
It doesn’t tie well no matter what.”
Sun Gang clumsily tied the red silk scarf around his neck while mumbling to Peng Jingwei.
"Too stupid
! You are probably the child of a pig, right?" Seeing Sun Gang tie a tight knot again, Peng Jingwei couldn't bear it anymore, so she took the red scarf and helped Sun Gang tie it. Sun Gang, who deliberately pretended to be stupid, smiled and said, "Thank you.
"He picked up the steel whip and left.
"What are you doing? Why does everyone have a scarf?" Peng Jingwei suddenly felt something was wrong when she saw other South Factory personnel also wearing red scarves and walking out of the room with weapons.
"Just so you know tonight, stay here and don't go anywhere. It may be chaotic outside later." Sun Gang left a message and went out with hundreds of brothers pushing the artillery cart and the crossbow cart.
The task of the South Factory is to provide fire support for the Donglin Party Army's attack on the Dongchang Yamen. The artillery company of the Red Shirt Regiment led by Zhao Zhangcheng has secretly entered the city. Two steam cannons and an internal combustion engine-powered machine gun are mounted on carriages, and there are ten others.
Used in conjunction with a crossbow vehicle, such a strong field firepower is really overkill in urban street fighting.
The Donglin Party troops led by Qi Zhenming also went out. These people are the strength accumulated by the Donglin Party for many years. Except for some personnel wearing Jin Yiwei uniforms, the rest are civilian warriors wearing a variety of clothes, and their weapons are even more messy.
The standard equipment of Jinyiwei includes Xiuchun Dao, small flower gun, folk machete, long sword, whistle stick, axe, and iron ruler.
The two streams of people met at the gate of the Dongchang Yamen. There were not many Dongchang fans stationed at the Yamen today. Some of them followed the factory governor to the palace to protect them, and some went to drink and whore on vacation. Therefore, the defense was very weak. Those who stood guard at the door
When Fanzi saw a large number of armed men coming, he was so frightened that he quickly fled into the yard and closed the door tightly. No matter how hard the door was, it could not stop the bombardment of the steam cannon's solid iron balls. After two cannons, the red lacquered door turned into pieces of wood.
In the film, a large number of Donglin party soldiers who harbored deep hatred for Dongchang shouted and swarmed in with weapons raised high. The soldiers from Nanchang followed closely. After rushing in, they did not search for Dongchang fans, but directly
Heading to the library building, Liu Ziguang told him that he must get hold of the Dongchang's information and files, so that he could put aside the matter of killing people and robbing money.
After the wedding team welcomed the queen into the palace, the mission of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division came to an end. The superior officers of each military and horse division were invited by their hundreds of Shandong soldiers to drink in the restaurant. In recent times, these people who do not understand
The Shandong gentlemen suddenly learned about human etiquette. Not only did they obey, but they also learned how to send money to Shangguan. In just half a month, they gave more than a thousand taels of silver. In this way, the commanders who were originally looking at them with their horizontal noses were picky.
He was also much gentler. When he heard that there was a wine shop, he went there happily. However, as soon as he entered the private room of the restaurant, he was knocked down by several strong men. The entourage was also controlled. The soldier's seal and letter were found from his body. In addition to the five soldiers and horses,
Except for Li Hongjie's Dongcheng Soldiers and Horses Division, the other four were all under control.
On the north bank of the river, ten huge hydrogen airships started their motors and flew slowly towards the capital. The reason for the slowness was that each airship was towing behind it at least three or four, and as many as five or six hot air balloons.
The cabin contains a large number of secretly developed bombs and thirty fully armed soldiers. The hot air balloon's basket is relatively small and can only hold four soldiers.
These soldiers all wore maroon soft hats and leather and rattan armor. The maroon soft hats were designed by Liu Ziguang based on the corrugated hats of his servants. They were specially designed for airborne troops. The front of the hat was decorated with a bronze sun, moon and star rank insignia.
There are also pom-poms of different colors to represent the different branches of the military. Red represents the infantry, blue represents the pilots who control the aircraft, and black represents the weapon operators. When wearing the hat, the left side is raised and the right side is lowered, and a bohemian soldier smell immediately appears.
Then he came out. As for the armor he wore, it was also specially made. The leather armor of the officers was made of hard rhinoceros skin, and the rattan armor of the soldiers was made of old vines produced in Yunnan. It can protect against bows, arrows, swords and guns. There is a reason why iron armor is not used.
Yes, on the one hand, the iron armor affects the tactical maneuverability of the airborne troops, and on the other hand, it is too heavy to be carried by airship balloons.
Zhamuhe stood in front of the cabin of the leading airship, observing the majestic capital in the distance with a telescope. At his feet was the rolling blue Yangtze River, with slowly advancing airships and hot air balloons on both sides. There was the roar of motors, mixed with signal soldiers.
Constant command: "Left rudder three, height one hundred and twenty feet, keep the distance
..." Although this is not the first time it has taken off, it is the first time for such a large-scale air combat operation. As the commander-in-chief, Zhamuhe couldn't help but feel extremely excited: The descendants of Genghis Khan have finally become eagles in the blue sky, and the eternal sky will surely
Please ensure that we win this battle."
On the powered parafoils hanging under the airship, the pilots put down their goggles to block the dazzling sunlight and strong winds. Their white silk scarves fluttered in the wind. They were as excited as Zhamuhe. Later, the parafoil troops would serve as the first parafoils.
A wave of air strike forces appeared and fired the first shot of the air raid with bombs hung on parafoil supports.
The fishermen and boat passengers on the Yangtze River stood on the deck in shock and looked up at the sky. The strange aircraft that covered the sky was slowly moving forward. The huge cigar-shaped airship was painted with the face of a ferocious beast, with a big blood-red mouth in front of it.
, sharp teeth, ferocious strange eyes, followed by colorful scales and claws; the hot air balloon is also colorfully painted, with bull heads and horse faces, the Ten Palaces of Hell, etc., as long as they are scary things, all are painted on them.
"Oh my God! One hundred thousand heavenly soldiers have descended to earth." An old fisherman said blankly, not even noticing that the pot dropped from his mouth.
In the Fengtian Palace, Qian Qianyi finished reading the wedding notice, and estimated that Bai Wenyuan's men had already arranged the arrangements, so he put down the edict, smiled at the civil and military ministers in the palace and said: "According to the ancestral system, the emperor will have to leave after the wedding.
Now that I have taken charge of the government, I will read out an imperial edict today in front of the ministers and governors of the provinces."
The Queen Mother was startled, obviously not expecting this move. She glanced at Zhu Youxiao who was sitting on the dragon chair. Under the Queen Mother's years of prestige, the little emperor actually looked at him like a child who had made a mistake in sitting.
He hid and immediately saw Liu Ziguang's firm look, so he sat upright again and looked at the Queen Mother without fear. As for Jiu Qian, he was a veteran of three dynasties after all. He was used to seeing strong winds and waves, but he didn't have any expression at this moment.
, said slowly: "The emperor is so anxious to take charge of the government?"
Qian Qianyi glanced at the uninformed ministers below, took out a roll of imperial edict from his sleeve and read aloud: "The emperor has an edict. The eunuch Huang Jinrong, the eunuch of the ceremonial department, and Yang Bo, the admiral of the East Factory, have always deceived the emperor in vain.
Above, I am guilty of disturbing the moral order of the people, and I have ordered the Jinyi Guards to capture the traitors! I appreciate this." After reading, he shouted: "Where are the warriors of Your Highness?"
All civil and military officials in the court looked outside the palace, only to see Eunuch Yang of Dongchang walking in carrying a human head and throwing the bloody head onto the golden palace. The head rolled all the way to Qian Qianyi's feet.
A dull eye was looking at Qian Qianyi, it was the head of Qianhu Bai Wenyuan, the Han general of Jin Yiwei!
"Qian Shangshu, is he the person you are looking for?" Yang Bo asked.