The moment Liu Ziguang stepped out of the carriage, Zhu Youxiao had already rushed up to him, supported Liu Ziguang with both hands and said: "My dear!"
"Your Majesty!" Liu Ziguang was greatly moved. Zhu Youxiao came to greet him in person, using a full set of royal honors. He supported him so enthusiastically as soon as he got off the car and did not let him kneel down at all. What a favor.
"My dear, thank you for your hard work. This battle has demonstrated the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty. I am very pleased."
"It all depends on His Majesty's wisdom and the soldiers' lives." Liu Ziguang said modestly.
Zhu Youxiao looked Liu Ziguang up and down, nodded happily, and pulled Liu Ziguang out of the station. The ministers followed behind him, and some ministers whispered sourly: "The holy family is very strong, you can see it."
You don’t want to bow anymore.”
Of course Liu Ziguang knew how to measure, and even when walking hand in hand with the emperor, he deliberately stayed half a step behind. Zhu Youxiao pulled him into the emperor's chariot, and the two of them drove together in the car towards the palace, followed by the ministers.
The officers and soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army who came off the sedan and train had polished their armor and were ready to be inspected by the people of the capital.
The capital city was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations today, and it was as lively as the Chinese New Year. Although the common people did not know anything about the South China Sea or Taiwan, they knew that the imperial court had won a war, and it was a great victory that had not been seen in many years. This was enough. Thousands of people gathered around the streets.
Both sides were waiting to see the military parade and the presentation of prisoners. The stone road was swept clean and sprinkled with water. The officers and soldiers of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division also changed into brand-new uniforms and stood on the road to maintain order.
It is said to be a large army for the Southern Expedition. In fact, there are only 3,000 people in the Red Shirt Regiment. The Red Shirt Regiment does not occupy the establishment of the imperial army. It is Liu Ziguang's servant status. Although this war used troops from Zhejiang, Shanghai, Fujian, and Taiwan.
Navy troops, but in the main battles, the Red Shirt Regiment is still used as a fist force. The ordnance and armor staff used are also privately funded by Liu Ziguang. Of course, the Ministry of Accounts will compensate them afterwards, but this heart of fighting to serve the country is really admirable and quite worthy.
Yu used his personal power to help the court fight a war.
Zhu Youxiao gave each of the soldiers of the Red Shirt Regiment a pheasant feather, which they stuck on the top of their helmets to make them look majestic. Three thousand warriors lined up in an orderly queue and walked on the streets of the capital. From a distance, they saw only a large colorful field.
The pheasant feathers were dancing in the spring breeze. Behind the army was a prison car. The Spaniards with high noses and sunken eyes squatted in the car and allowed the people of the capital to visit. The proud Governor Gonzalez had been tortured to the point of being deformed, and his eyes were withered.
His eyes looked at the unfamiliar city and people. The beautiful hometown of Barcelona was hard to see again in this life. If he had to live again, he would never choose to go to the far east to become the governor of Raushizi...
A banquet has been prepared in the palace, and the main venue of the banquet is Wuying Palace. This is specially arranged by the emperor, because Liu Ziguang is now a bachelor of Wuying Palace. The title of bachelor means that he can enter the cabinet and preside over government affairs. He has already joined Qian Qian
Yi, Yuan Chonghuan and others are on par, and coupled with the powerful positions of the commander of the imperial guards and the admiral of the Nanchang, almost one person can fight against the Donglin Party.
At the banquet, the emperor and Liu Ziguang sat at the same table, and the other ministers could only sit below. Needless to say, there were all kinds of delicacies and fine wines, and there were Spanish prisoners begging for sin. Naturally, the Ming Dynasty would not imitate the barbaric rulers of the Jin Kingdom and humiliate them.
Prisoners, the emperor used his strength to scold the prisoners, and then asked the royal guards to carry them out, and the emperor and his ministers continued to drink and talk happily.
After the victorious soldiers circled the city, they returned to the camp in the south of the city. The chickens, ducks, fish, meat, wine, and cigarettes were all ready. After the banquet, they could also go into the city to go to the Qinhuai River area to enjoy themselves. Marshal Liu had already booked it.
Three brothels, you can play for free with your Nan Zhengjun waist card. The betel nut girls brought from Taiwan have been arranged in the family area. When the right time comes, Marshal Liu will personally marry them. Since the Red Shirt Regiment started the army, the remaining personnel
Basically all of them are already married. The children of those who first got married in Jinan are several months old. The welfare benefits of the Red Shirt Regiment are very good. The salary of soldiers is enough to support a family. There is no need for the wife to work. The children will be in the future.
Your education is not a problem either. Whether you are studying literature, martial arts or science and technology, the commander will take care of you to the end.
After the banquet, Liu Ziguang returned to the mansion. The gold-lettered signboard of Zhenwu Bofu has been changed to Zhenwu Houfu. The ceremonial guards used by various marquises have also been changed accordingly. A banquet was also held at home. When Liu Ziguang was not at home, Peng Jingrong
He is the head of the family, and everything is arranged in an orderly manner. The members of this family dinner are Peng Jingwei, Liu Maomao, Li Xiangjun, and Han Xueer. Except for Peng Jingrong who sits at the head and Han Xueer who sits at the bottom of the table, who are relatively calm, the other three people are all
It is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and Liu Ziguang himself is not very old-fashioned, so the family dinner went on very happily, eating, drinking, and playing around. Facing this group of little girls under the age of twenty, Liu Ziguang was very excited. In the past, even a girl
I couldn't find any friends, but now I have found a large group of them, all of them are stunning beauties, pretty and young, as young as high school students, and all of this is legal, so it's good to be an ancient person.
After a period of adjustment, Li Xiangjun's mood has returned to its previous bright mood. With the help of Liu Ziguang, her relatives have also been saved from the bad luck of being exiled to the army. The family moved to Suzhou to live in seclusion. Li Xiangjun had liked Liu Ziguang before.
Peng Jingrong still understood, so she called her to the banquet. Xiangjun was still young and could consummate the marriage when she turned sixteen, otherwise premature childbirth would be dangerous.
My sister Peng Jingwei's thoughts are very clear to me as a sister. She only wants to marry her brother-in-law. However, Peng Jingrong wants to wait until she is pregnant with the child before helping her sister arrange the wedding. As for Liu Xiaomao and Han Xueer, they cannot hold any ceremony for the time being.
, Liu Maomao is so crazy and silly that he doesn’t look like an adult, Han Xueer’s status is even more special, she will be dealt with sooner or later, and of course she cannot be upgraded to a concubine.
Since the news of Liu Ziguang's success in Taiwan came, he was awarded the title of Prince Shaobao, Grand Scholar of Wuyingdian, and was promoted to Marquis. The Zhenwu Marquis Mansion has become even more bustling with people, and there are a lot of cars and horses. New scholars have come to pay their respects and say that they want to make Liu Ziguang their disciple.
Master, it’s no wonder that Liu Ziguang still wears the title of deputy examiner, but the Marquis is not here, how can he become the disciple? Scholars are all educated people, and their minds are quick. They all say that they should worship the master first, and then the teacher.
, when the teacher went to war, it was only natural that the teacher's mother should act as his deputy. In order to recruit civil servants for her husband, Peng Jinrong accepted many people's invitations and promised to pass them on when the Marquis came back, but she could not agree to such a funny thing as asking the teacher's mother.
At the beginning of Liu Ziguang's southern expedition, the major examination had ended. Many candidates from the north and the south were selected. The results were acceptable in all aspects. Although the so-called Sun Chengzong's orphan Sun Qichao did not have a strong cultural background, with the help of those enthusiastic uncles and uncles
Next, a person with a Jinshi background cannot run away. Under Liu Ziguang's instructions, Sun Qichao became the disciple of Qian Qianyi, the current leader of Donglin and the leader of the cabinet. As for other candidates from the north who had no connections, they mostly became his disciples.
Candidates in the south are looking for ways to become apprentices to court bosses with whom they can establish connections, hoping to find a real vacancy as soon as possible.
After the joint examination came the palace examination. This was an examination presided over by the emperor himself. The top three candidates were selected and awarded the titles of number one, number two, and third overall. It only took three years to produce such a few top talents. Naturally, they became the focus of the people of the country.
The word "Number One Scholar" is closely related to the words "young talent and rapid rise to the top". In addition, the final winner of this palace examination is the highly anticipated leader of the society, Hou Fangyu, the leader of the four young masters in the south of the Yangtze River!
Hou Fangyu does have two skills. Regardless of whether he has a relationship with Qian Qianyi or not, the number one scholar is always in his pocket. Liu Ziguang has not come back during the palace examination, so he cannot influence the results of the examination. Even if he comes back, it will be very difficult.
It is difficult to change anything, after all, this is a matter within the business scope of the civil service system.
Fushe is the reserve organization of the Donglin Party, equivalent to the Youth League. Hou Fangyu himself, as the leader of the Fushe, is a political resource. Coupled with his father, Hou Xun, the Minister of Rites, and the Donglin leader who has always placed high hopes on him,
With the care of the cabinet chief Qian Qianyi, Mr. Hou's future in politics is smooth and limitless.
Because of this, after Hou Fangyu won the first prize, there was an endless stream of people asking for marriage, which almost collapsed the threshold of the Shangshu Mansion. There were also many people who took advantage of Hou Fangyu to wear red and glory and praise his official position. They set up a platform on the road to throw embroidery balls to attract marriage.
, there are so many people waiting down there and they still don’t throw it away, they just wait for Hou Zhuangyuan’s big white horse to come over before throwing it away. Of course, these little tricks can’t impress the arrogant Mr. Hou, no matter how noble the status of those who come to propose marriage, they
No matter how virtuous, beautiful, well-educated and sensible the daughter of the family is, Xiao Hou will avoid talking about it. Old Hou Shangshu is happy all day long, but when he hears about the proposal of marriage, he will laugh and refuse to answer.
Later, people gradually understood that the number one scholar wanted to climb a high tree. At present, the most noble unmarried woman in the Ming Dynasty was the emperor's sister, the eldest princess Zhu Cheng. Did Hou Zhuangyuan want to be the consort?