In the main hall of Chengqian Palace, Xue Baochai had already put on full makeup and was waiting there.
Li Deshan entered the main hall holding the imperial edict high. He did not salute Xue Baochai, but said to Xue Baochai: "Long live the Lord has an edict, and the noble concubine Xue will receive it."
Xue Baochai hurriedly led all the eunuchs and maids in the palace to kneel on the ground.
"My concubine, Xue Baochai, accepts the order."
Next, Li Deshan opened the imperial edict and read: "The Emperor is entrusted to heaven, and the edict says: The noble concubine Xue is virtuous and virtuous, intelligent and agile, dignified and prudent, respectful and careful, has served the palace for a long time, has an intelligent nature, and is polite and polite."
Immediately, I will be granted the title of Imperial Concubine, temporarily take the Queen's Phoenix Seal, and be in charge of the harem. I admire this."
After hearing Li Deshan's announcement, Xue Baochai finally felt a stone fall in her heart.
"My concubine Xue Baochai accepted the order and thanked the Lord for his kindness. Long live my emperor, long live the emperor."
Next, Li Deshan placed the imperial edict in Xue Baochai's hands, and then hurriedly stepped forward to lift Xue Baochai up.
"This slave congratulates the queen."
Xue Baochai also had a smile on her face and winked at Ying'er next to her. The little maid immediately took a brocade bag from the palace attendant and placed it in Li Deshan's hand.
"It's a small thing, Eunuch Li, take it back and have a few cups of tea."
"Then the slave will be disrespectful."
Afterwards, Li Deshan was polite to Xue Baochai for a few words, and then left on the grounds that there was something else going on in Yangxin Hall.
After Li Deshan left, Xue Baochai changed into casual clothes and came to the main hall of Chengqian Palace again.
At this time, Xue Baoqin also hurried over to congratulate Xue Baochai.
Xue Baochai nodded to Xue Baoqin, and then said to Ying'er on the side: "Although this palace is divided into imperial concubines by the emperor, there is also the empress dowager and two empress dowagers above. Please tell the maids and eunuchs below not to be proud.
You must be more cautious from now on."
When Ying'er heard this, she was poured cold water on her. She thought that Xue Baochai was now the boss of the palace, and the people under them should also shake their heads.
Unexpectedly, Xue Baochai was already the imperial concubine, but she was still so cautious.
Not to mention that Xue Baochai taught the palace maids and eunuchs a lesson here.
Moreover, at this time in the study room, Chu King Jia Zhi heard the news that Xue Baochai was named the imperial concubine, and he was so angry that he was filled with smoke.
His teacher Li Wenbin also raised his eyebrows. At the same time, Li Wenbin felt a chill lingering behind his back.
When they were going to the study just now, Li Wenbin showed off to the emperor. At that time, Jia Ke's face was still full of smiles, as if he didn't take this matter seriously.
As a result, Jia Ke had just returned to the Yangxin Hall and sent out such a decree. The meaning was very obvious. This was because he was very dissatisfied with what he had just done by forcing the eunuch to write down the daily routine.
It is also a warning to King Jiazhi of Chu.
Li Wenbin let out a long sigh when he thought of this. As expected, he is always with you like a tiger. He originally thought he had known Jia Ke's temper, but he didn't expect that Jia Ke was now moody.
The news that Xue Baochai was named the imperial concubine spread quickly in the capital.
By this time, the civil and military ministers, these old foxes, had already figured out Jia Ke's intention. They were dissatisfied with the Chu King Jia Zhi's jumping up and down during this period.
As a result, those civil and military officials who had some contact with the King of Chu, Jia Zhi, immediately ceased their activities and no longer had any contact with Jia Zhi.
In this way, there was just a little turmoil in the court, but it was gently resolved by Jia Ke.
Moreover, the civil and military ministers saw that he, Jia Ke, was still in his prime and did not want to be crowned a prince. The civil and military ministers below him had also been honest for a few years.
After this matter subsides, it will still be about Jia Ke's Northern Expedition.
Now the imperial court has sufficient food and pay, and the soldiers are well-equipped. Most of the officers and soldiers in Jiubian have also been equipped with flintlock rifles.
Jia Ke was also in the capital and issued several imperial edicts.
The first step was to order the Liaodong Jiedu envoy to lead 100,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry to immediately rush to Xuanfu Town to meet up.
The second step was to order the eight Manchu banners, with each banner to raise 30,000 cavalry, to conduct a battle at Xuanfu Town.
The third line ordered Datong Town, Shanxi Town, and Yansui Town to each have 50,000 infantrymen to meet in Xuanfu Town.
After Jia Ke issued these three orders, he immediately ordered Jia Yucun, the Minister of Household Affairs, to collect grain and grass for the army going north, and ordered him to recruit farmers and immediately transport the grain and grass to Xuanfu Town.
With these orders from Jia Ke, the entire capital and border gates were busy. Armies from all walks of life gathered in Xuan'fu Town in a steady stream. Everyone knew that this time going north was a decisive battle against the Tatars.
For so many years, the Central Plains has been in a defensive position against the grassland dynasty. Now Jia Ke's Northern Expedition is about to switch from defense to offense.
After conveying the imperial edict, Brother Jia began to arrange matters in the capital.
The most important thing now is who will take charge of major events in the capital after Jia Ke leaves the capital.
Regarding this matter, Jia Ke had already known something in his mind. A day later, Jia Ke issued another decree.
The first imperial edict: the imperial concubine Xue Baochai temporarily holds the emperor's treasure in order to supervise the country.
The second imperial edict: Fan Kang, the Minister of Rites, was the assistant minister, commanded the civil and military officials, and assisted Xue Baochai.
The third imperial edict: Sun Yan, the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department and Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, accompanied the army as counselor to the military aircraft.
After Jia Ke issued these imperial edicts, he also issued a secret edict to Jia Yucun, the Minister of Household Affairs and the Admiral of the Nine Gates.
This imperial edict was left by Jia Ke to Jia Yucun, so that during his absence, no one could deprive him of his military power without the edict written by Jia Ke himself.
Because among the people in the capital, Jia Ke trusted Jia Yu Village the most, because everyone else was loyal to Jia Ke only based on their own interests. Only Jia Yu Village was completely controlled by Jia Ke.
Although Jia Yucun has various problems, he will never betray Jia Ke. After Jia Ke leaves, Jia Ke is most relieved to let him take charge of the nine-door military command.
After Jia Ke dealt with this matter, he went to Ningkang Ning Palace in the harem.
Jia Ke and the Supreme Emperor Jia Zheng had a secret talk in Kangning Palace for an afternoon. The main content was to ask the Supreme Emperor Jia Zheng to pay attention to the trends in the court during this period. If everything is peaceful, Jia Zheng does not need to come forward.
But if there is chaos in the court, Jia Zheng will come out to take charge of the overall situation and quell the turmoil in the court.
After arranging all the internal and external affairs of the court, Jia Ke took Fenwu Camp and Xiaoqi Camp, a total of 100,000 men, to go north to meet with the armies in Xuanfu Town.
When Jia Ke's army arrived at Xuanfu Town, they found that the place was already filled with troops and troops from all walks of life had arrived.
This time Jia Ke spent a lot of money and almost wiped out all the elites in the court.
This includes Feng Mo, the military commander of Liaodong Town, commanding 150,000 soldiers, Huang Baifeng, the military commander of Xuanfu Town, commanding 150,000 soldiers, Wang Zuo, the military commander of Shanxi Town, commanding 50,000 soldiers, and Liang Ying, the military commander of Datong Town, commanding 50,000 soldiers.
The soldiers, Chen Qi, the governor of Yansui Town, led an army of 50,000.
In addition to the Xiaoqi Battalion and Fenwu Battalion commanded by Jia Ke himself, there are a total of 100,000 horses and horses, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria's 250,000 cavalry. Just the regular army, Jia Ge dispatched nearly 800,000 horses this time.
Including the strong men in the army, Jia Ke sent out a total of nearly 1.2 million people this time.
Moreover, most of the horse, infantry, and infantry soldiers in these armies have completed firearms training. This force could be said to be able to massacre cities and annihilate countries in the world at that time.
After the army rested for three days, Jia Ke convened a Chinese civil and military meeting in the Chinese army's tent.
In the big tent, Jia Ke has a golden helmet on his head, wearing golden armor, and a pleated yellow robe behind him.
After all the civil and military generals kowtowed to Jia Ke, they stood on both sides and waited for Jia Ke to speak.
Jia Ke looked down, and then said: "The Tatars have invaded our borders and slaughtered our people for hundreds of years. This is unbearable. Now that the Celestial Empire is rising, it is the time to take revenge. This time I will command millions of people.
When the army goes north, it is necessary to annihilate all the Tatars to eliminate future troubles."
After Jia Ke finished speaking, all the generals raised their hands together and said, "I am willing to follow Your Majesty through fire and water without hesitation."
Jia Ke nodded, then picked up a command arrow from Zhu An, "Where is Xiao Yue, the commander of Fenwu Camp?"
Xiao Yue hurriedly stepped out of the queue, raised his hands and said, "The humble minister Xiao Yue is here."
"I order you to be the vanguard from the front, to open roads in the mountains and build bridges in the water."
"Xiao Yue accepts the order."
Next, Jia Ke said to Jirigela, the commander of the Zhenghuang Banner among the Eight Banners: "Lead the cavalry of your headquarters and follow Xiao Yue and follow his arrangements."
Jirigela hurriedly accepted the order.
Next, Jia Ke gave instructions: "Datong Town is the left wing of the army, Shanxi Town is the right wing of the army, and Yansui Town is the rear part of the army."
After hearing the order, the three Jiedu envoys immediately accepted the order.
"Others, follow me as the center of the army and set off north to the grassland in three days."
Three days later, a million-strong army slowly marched northward from Xuanfu Town. Along the way, trumpets were flying and people were shouting about horses neighing.
After leaving Xuanfu Town, Jia Ke sent out all the other cavalry from the Eight Banners and began patrolling around the army looking for Tatar tribes and the main force.
But this time, Jia Ke had decided to destroy the Tatars, so he immediately raided any tribes that encountered Tatars along the way.
Therefore, although the army was not marching very fast, almost every hundred miles they passed through had been wiped out, and almost all the Tatars were driven out and killed.
And this news soon spread to the royal court of Arslen Khan.
Alsileng Khan was shocked when he received the news. He was now trembling all over.
Alslenkhan was really scared. When he faced off against Jako in the past, the Tatar side almost always had an absolute advantage in strength. Although they were defeated every time, they were able to preserve their main force.
But this time Jia Ke led a million-strong army to the north. Among them, the horse and infantry were fully equipped, and the cavalry alone numbered 400,000.
This made Als Lenghan how he could not feel frightened.
After Meng He received the news, although he was frightened, he still did not lose the courage to fight.
After discussing with Meng He, Alsilenghan decided to take his troops to meet with Jia Ke, and they must not escape without a fight.