When Ma Wannian saw him, he quickly whispered: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law..."
After calling several times, Qin Liangyu did not respond.
So, he raised his head and said to the maid beside him: "My mother-in-law is asleep, give me the cloak!"
After hearing this, the maid immediately handed over a cotton cloak. After Ma Wannian took it, she carefully covered Qin Liangyu.
But suddenly, his movements froze, then his expression changed, and he quickly went to check Qin Liangyu's breathing.
After a while, I heard Ma Wannian's mournful cry from the arrow tower: "Mother-in-law...Mother-in-law..."
On December 22, the 23rd year of Chongzhen, Qin Liangyu died without illness at the age of seventy-six, living two years longer than originally recorded in history.
Emperor Chongzhen was so sad after hearing the news that he ordered a three-day absence from court and held a state funeral for Qin Liangyu!
At this time, Qin Liangyu's only son, Ma Xianglin, was in charge of Dongwu. The capital made a call to Kunming, Yunnan, and then Kunming, Yunnan, sent a quick horse to report to Dongwu that Ma Xianglin had returned to Beijing for the funeral.
At this time, the Limited Telephone Company had been established for about two years. It first served the imperial court, or in other words, the orders it received were all from the imperial court. Its main task was to install electric wires for the capitals of thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty and Ming Dynasty.
That's why communication is so convenient.
It is expected that by the first half of the 24th year of Chongzhen, the wires will be able to reach Awa City in Dongwu, Lhasa in Tibet, and Luntai at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains. Based on the operational objectives, these places are guaranteed to be reached first.
Guihua City is definitely there, Shenyang in Liaodong is already there, Korea is not there yet, Japan is not yet there, Nanyang is not yet there, it all takes time.
However, as time goes by, the company has more and more skilled employees. It is foreseeable that more and more branches will be opened. By then, the production of rubber will have increased, and the popularity of telephone companies will become faster and faster.
As for Dongwu Awa City, after Ma Xianglin received the obituary notice, he immediately made a hurried handover with Mu Tianbo, and then hurried to the capital.
The governor of Yunnan, Yang Weizhi, transferred Ma Shouying, He Yilong, He Jin and Sun Yingyuan, who had just arrived in Yunnan, to Dongwu.
According to the original deployment, these newly arrived troops were going to Dongwu to prepare for the future war against the Mughal Empire. However, because of Qin Liangyu's funeral, Ma Xianglin did not persist until they arrived at Dongwu.
After Qin Liangyu's death, no wedding entertainment was allowed in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of treatment, which was comparable to the death of the emperor and queen, also made her deeds once again become a hotly discussed topic throughout the Ming Dynasty.
Qin Liangyu's life was a glorious life. He fought for the Ming Dynasty, fought in the north and south, and defended his country all his life. The ancient Hua Mulan was just a legend, but Qin Liangyu was a serious existence.
Emperor Chongzhen's poems clearly point out the value of Qin Liangyu.
Learn from the Eight Formations of Xichuan, where a mandarin duck holds a military talisman in its sleeve. This is because a woman is willing to accept it, so why should the general be her husband?
The brocade robe of Shu is made by itself, and the peach blossoms are about to grow. There are many strange men in the world, but who is willing to travel thousands of miles on the battlefield!
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A woman is not only a husband and a child, not only a chess player, a calligrapher and a painter, but she can also wear tassels and hold military talismans!
Since the Wanli period, Qin Liangyu has fought bloody battles for her country. No matter how bad the situation was and her loved ones died in battle, she would not waver.
How many men in the world can compare to her?
Qin Liangyu is not only the pride of women, but also a role model for men!
Her heroic name will go down in history and be immortal forever!
The Chinese New Year in the 23rd year of Chongzhen was the least New Year's celebration, but no one complained about it. Everyone in the Ming Dynasty was sad for Qin Liangyu's death!
After Qin Liangyu's funeral, a slogan spread among the people, starting from the capital and spreading to the southeast, northwest and northwest of the Ming Dynasty: Learn from King Zhongzhen!
The title of county king was awarded posthumously, and Qin Liangyu's achievements can be regarded as the first in history. She achieved it with her true ability, with one sword and one gun.
Originally, ladies from official families, famous families or scholarly families mostly maintained the previous tradition and did not show their faces like ordinary women, nor did they join the army like girls from the southwest.
However, with the slogan "Learn from the King of Loyalty", more and more ladies of the world came out of the boudoir and began to show their faces. The number of female subjects taking the special scientific examination of geophysics has increased dramatically. Even those who want to sign up to join the army have
There are many more heroes among women.
Anything a man can do, a woman can do too!
When Emperor Chongzhen saw this trend, he took the opportunity to announce that women's official positions were no longer limited to the political affairs department. All imperial examinations and assessments for low-level officials were open to both men and women, and only those who were qualified were selected!
For the Ming Dynasty at this time, although the population was probably the largest among all countries in the world. However, in just a few years of expansion, the vassal kings had established overseas vassals, and their desire for talents was the highest since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
.Originally, it was only limited to men, and there was already a sense of shortage of talents. Now that women have joined the group, it has become a historical necessity.
With Qin Liangyu's death as an opportunity, it completely triggered the female group to step out of the house and participate in social activities.
In addition, there have been female officials in the Department of Political Affairs and Communications for several years, and now there are women among the lower-level officials. It is actually not that sudden.
The slogan "Women hold up half the sky" began to spread from the palace a few years ago. It was not until the 24th year of Chongzhen that it began to appear on a large scale.
Of course, in the end, the places with the most women are those factories where women can be the main ones, such as the Ming Dynasty Royal Textile Factory.
The productivity of the Ming Dynasty suddenly increased a lot in the 24th year of Chongzhen.
It can be said that Qin Liangyu's death, or to be precise, Qin Liangyu's deeds, became the catalyst for women to participate in social construction in the Ming Dynasty.
However, Qin Liangyu's death also brought some surprises to Ming Dynasty.
For example, the Governor of Bengal, who was following the order of Shah Jahan and keeping an eye on the Ming army in Dongwu, found that the Ming army in Dongwu was insufficient and the commander had left the army, so he launched a war and invaded Dongwu, trying to gain ground in Dongwu.
Under the leadership of the remnants of the Xu Dynasty, they defeated the Ming army on Dongwu's side in one fell swoop and drove the Ming army back to Yunnan.
There are really not many Ming troops on Dongwu's side.
Originally, they had been hoarding troops in Yunnan for many years, and then they invaded Dongwu and destroyed the Toungoo dynasty's army. They also wanted to attack eastward, and finally joined forces with the army under Yang Zhan in Annan who was attacking westward. Although some troops later withdrew to Dongwu,
There are also some troops left to help the feudal king maintain the situation and suppress the local people.
Then Qin Liangyu passed away, and Ma Xianglin rushed to the capital to attend the funeral. There was one less guarding general, and everything fell on Mu Tianbo.
It just so happened that during this period, the most important festival in China, the Spring Festival, was coming. Therefore, the army that had just arrived in Yunnan did not rush south. They wanted to celebrate the next year anyway, instead of marching during the New Year.
That's all. Under the leadership of the remnants of the Toungoo dynasty, the Mughal Governor of Bengal took the opportunity to invade Dongwu.
This Governor of Bengal was a confidant of Shah Jahan. He had defeated the Portuguese colonists under orders back then and felt that he was becoming more capable.
In addition, with the encouragement of the remnants of the Toungoo dynasty, he felt that he could eliminate Dongwu's Ming army in one fell swoop and complete the mission assigned by Shah Jahan.
To this end, he assembled an army of 50,000 people, mainly light infantry, elephant troops, and cavalry, and entered Dongwu.
However, what he never expected was that he was unstoppable at first, but after attacking the city of Ava, he hit a wall.
The artillery on the city walls of the Ming army and the artillery on the support ships on the river immediately suppressed the attack of the Mughal Empire army.
War elephants are worthless and useless at all. Instead, they harm your own army.
The Governor of Bengal's attempt to drive the Ming army out of Dongwu in one fell swoop proved unmistakable in the first battle at the gates of Ava.
In fact, as far as ordinary firearms are concerned, the Ming army is better than the Mughal army.
This army of the Mughal Empire is just a local army in the province of Bengal. Their firearms are basically matchlocks, which are almost the same firearms used by Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty fifteen years ago. Beat those Mughal Empire
The natives on the side are okay, but when it comes to the Ming army, they are actually not enough to watch.
The reason why they were able to go so smoothly at the beginning of the war was not to say how powerful they were, but to do with the strategy of the Ming Dongwu army.
After the Ming army captured Dongwu, its strategic focus was on the east. It wanted to conquer other countries such as Nanzhang, so all its troops were sent east.
As far as the territory of Dongwu is concerned, the focus is mainly on both sides of the river that runs through Dongwu. No matter how far away it is, especially the west side and the border with the Mughal Empire, they only declare their sovereignty.
There was no time to actually send troops and officials to govern.
According to the plan, after the army from Yunnan moves south, they will start to take care of these places and use them as outposts for the Ming Dynasty to attack the Mughal Empire.
The Governor of Bengal's offensive at the end of the 23rd year of Chongzhen and the beginning of the 24th year of Chongzhen happened to be stuck in this lean period.
That’s why the Mughal Empire’s army seemingly waged a devastating war against the Ming Army!
After encountering the real Ming army under the city of Ava, and hitting a wall, the Governor of Bengal was in a dilemma.
When he first entered Dongwu, the war was going so smoothly that he had already sent messengers to Shah Jahan to report the victory. However, looking at the battle in Ava City, he already knew that with his current strength, it was impossible to capture Ava City.
As a result, the Governor of Bengal at this time felt that it was neither necessary to withdraw nor not to withdraw!
In the end, he divided his forces to plunder the surrounding areas. Those tribes without Ming army garrison suffered disaster before they had time to evacuate.
The news about Dong Wu naturally spread to Yunnan immediately.
Yang Weizhi, the governor of Yunnan and in charge of Dongwu, heard the news and immediately called the capital to report it, and then personally led the army south to reinforce Dongwu.