Volume Fourteen Chapter 1
A month after the Zhengyangmen Tower was burned down by the fire, East and West Chang'an Street finally removed the concealed curtain wall, revealing a cement road that was almost modern. The road built with rolling concrete was flat and wide. They were like two gray-white sharp swords, passing through Tianjie and lingering in front of the Forbidden City. The hilt of its sword is in Shuimo Hutong near the Old Academy of the East City Wall, and the sword body starts from the Mutton Hutong, and goes along East and West Chang'an Street and passes through the Xidan Archway, with the sword head directly to the Beidaoshikou.
Although both ends of Chang'an Street have been extended, the name of the street has not changed. This long street is still called East Chang'an Street and West Chang'an Street. The street name is not the focus of people's attention, and public opinion is still concerned about this somewhat sudden military parade. The major event of the country was in the Rong Dynasty. There was no military parade when the founding of the country, and there was no military parade even when defeating Japan. Now, after the Zhengyangmen Tower was burned down, the military parade was suddenly parade. Many people regard it as a deterrent to the United States. When there is no choice for war, it can only make the enemy worry.
However, this view is just a verbal slap. The transformation of Chang'an Street began a year ago, when China and the United States were still in normal diplomatic relations. Whether according to the official or the public, the matter of Zhengyangmen was considered an accident. It was not the turn of Mr. Taiyan to take back the city tower, so it was impossible for the dynasty to predict that there would be a change in Zhengyangmen more than a year ago. The military parade for the Americans was completely nonsense.
But who should I target the Americans? Huang Yuansheng, the chief editor of the Empire Daily, believes that what the dynasty did must have profound meaning. He believes that the military parade was intended to show the strength of the Revival Army to the two major groups, and the purpose of the two major groups was to abolish the contract. How to abolish the contract? That is to participate in the European war, help one side win and abolish all unequal treaties.
In Huang Yuansheng's writing, the purpose of the military parade is actually to participate in the war. As soon as this statement was released, the country immediately became excited. Although China defeated Japan and defeated Russia, the world's powers did not completely treat China as a powerful country. However, if China participates in the European war and helps one side win, its international reputation and status will definitely surpass Japan and Russia and catch up with the United States.
In the concept of the world, the order of the world's powers is first British, then Germany, France, Ogilvy, and the rear of Russia and Japan. There is no dispute at the beginning, only this tail... Some people think that Japan is stronger than Russia, some people think that Russia is stronger than Japan, and some people don't care about who Japan and Russia are stronger at all, thinking that these two are defeated by our Chinese troops.
Huang Yuansheng mentioned participating in the war, and in the current form, of course, he joined the Allied Power rather than the Allied Power. If he defeated this, China would be the fourth most powerful country in the world, including Britain, France and the United States. Some people even believe that France and the United States are not as good as China. The former was severely damaged in the war, and even if he defeated, he would not be able to compete for hegemony again; while the latter had a population of less than 100 million, only one-quarter of China. From having no glorious achievements and being trapped in a corner, there was no idea of fighting for hegemony at all, so in the end, the literati actually inferred that "I China" was the second most powerful in the world, which made people at that time extremely excited.
Abolishing the Old Testament and the second in the world, these two temptations are like the radish in the front of the donkey, which aroused the ambitions of countless patriots. In newspapers and radio, letters from the Scripture House, the Prime Minister's Office, the Forbidden City, and the seals, the call for joining the Allies is getting higher and higher, while the central officials have less and less comments on the European War. It is only after the Prime Minister's Office's collection announced a military parade on February 15 that the wave of participation in the war has stopped a little. No matter whether they participate in the war or not, they always have to look at their own trump card first.
On the eighth day of the second month, Hu Shi, Qian Xuantong, who advocated vernacular Chinese, scolded Hu Shi, Qian Xuantong for twenty minutes, and Peking University professor Huang Kan, who taught thirty minutes of class, announced that the get out of class had ended, and did not answer the students' questions as before. Instead, he picked up the lecture notes and put his hands in a long gown. He did not take a car and left the campus step by step. He went home to take a shower, wash and change his body's robe. After waiting for the eunuch for a long time, he got off the soft sedan chair and went straight to the Forbidden City.
When Huang Kan arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Deng Shi, the Minister of Rites, was already waiting for him. Perhaps he was not satisfied with his arrival so late. Deng Shi said: "At this time, you can still calm down in this matter and will come back after class. I am Ji Gang. The military parade is a major event for the country. If there is any mistake, if that uncle doesn't say it, you will be criticized by thousands of people."
Zhang Taiyan's fracture cannot heal every three or four months. Although he can read and write, he cannot speak. Therefore, the Ministry of Rites and Ministry of Rites and Ministry of Internal Affairs entrusted Deng Shi, who was too busy to do it alone, not only did he not only trigger Huang Jie, but also Huang Kan.
"This military parade is completely different from the old system, what's wrong?" Huang Kan couldn't understand why Deng Shi always wanted to hold him. In fact, this military parade was very simple, and there were not as many rules as before. Moreover, Taiyan's army had written it clearly, and I don't know why Deng Shi was still worried.
"Oh..." Deng Shi was so busy that he wiped his sweat. He smiled bitterly: "This matter is not a simple matter. If it is not done well, then the national prestige in front of the foreigners will be destroyed. I am a sinner in the world." Deng Shizheng said, but he heard the sound of the whip three times. He and Huang Kan hurriedly bowed with plastic surgery. This was Zhu Kuanli coming.
At this time, Zhu Kuan-ri is no longer a little kid. His son and daughter have been born in recent years and are already a father. It is a tradition for the Chinese people to start a family first and then start a business. Although the Ministry of Civil Affairs is focusing on promoting late marriage and late childbirth, and stipulates that men and women can register for marriage at the age of 18, this move is not as good as banned as foot binding. Anyone may have a shortage of things. If they don’t get married earlier, will they pass on the incense?
Zhu Kuan-hye, who had long been a family, gradually became a man. Although he was honored as the king of a country, he was undermined. Therefore, others could establish a career, but his career had nowhere to be established. State affairs were all under the responsibility of the Prime Minister, Taiwei and Tingwei below the Jiyi Academy, which had nothing to do with him. Fortunately, the government allocated a lot of funds to the royal family, and he was also a nominal emperor in China. The letters of nationality of foreign envoys were still delivered to him, and the minister-level banquets also required him to entertain guests. After the Sino-Japanese War, there was another Korean king deliberately flattering, and his life was still rich and colorful.
Then these honors did not fully satisfy the gradually matured emperor's heart. While adhering to his duty, his heart to worry about the country and the people, and his heart to rule the world constantly erode Zhu Kuanli's young soul. This military parade happened to slightly tease his strongly concealed **, which made a layer of divine light appear on his young face, which was very dazzling.
"Two beloved ministers are exempted from courtesy." Zhu Kuanli smiled on his face, greeting Deng Shi and Huang Kan in an increasingly sophisticated tone, showing his majesty.
"Thank you Your Highness!" Deng Shi and Huang Kan bowed to thank him, and then his bent bodies stood up.
"Justice Bei has just introduced the process of the military parade. Do you need to add more?" Bei Shoutong of the General Staff took the time to enter the Forbidden City today to introduce the process and slogans of the military parade to Zhu Kuanxi. In a design similar to the military parade in later generations, the chief's line "Hello, comrades" was changed to "Hello, soldiers". "Thank you for your hard work" was changed to "Hello, soldiers, comrades"; and the soldiers' lines were changed from "Hello, comrades" to "Long live your highness", and "Serve the people" to "Do loyal to the country".
After these messy slogans were completed, the process of the military parade was still under the report and leadership of Chief of General Staff Bei Shoutong. Zhu Kuansu rode a horse to inspect the officers and soldiers waiting on East Chang'an Street, and then returned to Chengtian Gate to watch the ceremony.
This process is very different from the ancient military parades. First, although the snow stopped in February in Beijing and there was little rain. In ancient times, the Great Reading has been in autumn and winter, and there has never been a military parade in early spring. Secondly, although the military parade was held in the city, it was a small reading. Most of the Great Readings were in the royal hunting ground or open land. But now the military parade site is Tianjie in front of Chengtian Gate. Although the Tianjie was expanded, the inspection troops were still too narrow, and the soldiers had no venue for martial arts. Once the gun was fired, it would hurt the flowers and plants, which was really inconvenient.
The military parade in Yang Rui's mind and the military parade in ancient times are actually two rituals. The former is just a formality. The people clapped their hands; the latter is not only a formality, but also a meaning of drilling and exercises. Huang Kan said that the military parade is completely different from the old system. Now seeing Zhu Kuansu asking what to add, Deng Shi, who was captured by Zhu Kuansu's divine light, looked hot and bowed, "Go back to Your Highness, the day before the military parade, asked Your Highness to tell the inner hall in the day before the military parade, and prayed four times, as if he went out of the suburbs. On that day, he wore a chariot to climb Chengtian Gate, and then went out to inspect the various battalions. After the completion, he went to Chengtian Gate and envoys from various countries, representatives of the Scripture Academy, and state guests to review the soldiers together."
"No, the chariot has been changed to riding a horse." Zhu Kuansu looked at Bei Shou and said with a smile, "The regular clothes have also been changed. Bei Aiqing suggested that it is better to change to wear military dresses. Deng Aiqing thinks this is against the rules?"
He looked at Bei Shou in confusion, and Deng Shi nodded, "When you go back to your highness, you have not violated the rules. Riding a horse in military uniform is more heroic than riding a chariot."
"I think so too." Zhu Kuansu suddenly laughed. He was holding a horse whip in his hand at this time. It seemed that he had prepared for it.
After a brief conversation with Zhu Kuansu, Deng Shi and Huang Kan began their real work here to come to the Forbidden City, which was to urge and assist in training the eunuchs in the palace so that they would not run away and misplace during the military parade; and also to climb Chengtian Gate and carefully discuss the details of the day of the military parade. On the day of the military parade, hundreds of representatives of the Scripture Academy, envoys from various countries, and all kinds of guests will appear here. This ceremony lasted for hours, many things in the interior must be prepared in advance, and no mistakes must be made.
After the inspection of Chengtian Gate, the two of them went down to the untainted Tianjie again. When they were about to go to Qianbulang for inspection, a deafening sound of machines sounded. The left gate of Chang'an, which was converted into a moving wall, was starting a diesel engine. With the roar, the tall wall slowly moved. The originally closed Tianjie suddenly opened a hole. While the north wind poured in, the scenery outside was still vaguely visible.
"This is a marine diesel engine, and the horsepower is said to be 2,000 horsepower." Deng Shi was startled and introduced to Huang Kan. He looked at the moving left gate of Chang'an and sighed, "It really cost a lot of money to keep Tianjie as it is."
Deng Shi sighed, Huang Kanze didn't say anything. In his opinion, the military parade site should have been in the Nanyuan Schoolyard and had to move to the city. The cost of moving the wall was inevitable. "Brother Qiumei, I promised to do the article, when will we finish it?"
The biggest thing Huang Kan did when he came to the Forbidden City was to write a parallel prose of the Six Dynasties, but Deng actually hoped that he could meet Zhu Kuansu and look up to Tianyan, but he didn't want him to have much interest.
"Okay, go back soon." Deng Shi, who had known Huang Kan, had been impatient, smiled and said, "But not only do you have to write articles, but you also have to go to Chengtianmen to watch the ceremony on the day of the military parade."
"Brother Qiumei, I am timid by nature. Besides, this military parade is a military matter. I am a scholar, not an official or a member of parliament. Is it appropriate to participate in it?" Because I am not in public, Huang Kan, who has always been casual, put his hands in his sleeves and objected.
"You, no one can get it even if others want to get it. You're okay, but you're still pushing it. "Downer Mei made this matter. If you don't want to, then go and talk to Uncle Mei."
Huang Kan didn't expect that Zhang Taiyan was determined to do this, so he immediately gave up. Although Huang Crazy is not afraid of Zhang Crazy, Zhang Crazy is now sick after all. If he makes him excited, he really doesn't know when the wound on his jaw will be cured.
"Okay, Brother Qiumei, don't carry Uncle Mei to scare people, hurry up and go back. As soon as the streets open, it's like a leak everywhere. It's so cold that I'm so cold." Huang Kan not only compromised, but also stomped his feet in a freezing state, which made Deng Shi laugh.
The weather in the capital city is only above 3000 degrees in early February, with the north wind whirling, and the snow-shaking days seem to be colder than in the twelfth lunar month; while in Jinghe County, the Western Regions Province, 2,700 kilometers away, the temperature is not only the same cold, but also different from the capital city, the wind is extremely strong when the snow melts, and sometimes the wind even exceeds level 8, and the rolled yellow sand and mud covers half of the sky.
The day General General Xu Jingxi of the General Staff encountered wind and sand on the day he arrived at Luntai. Fortunately, the airship had landed at this time and the hull was tied, so nothing major happened. But even so, Governor Yang Zengxin still sweated coldly for him. Therefore, the more than 300 kilometers from Luntai to Jinghe were only willing to ride a horse, but not on an airship with him.
Jinghe was originally called Jinghe. In the Qing Dynasty, it was just the Jinghe Hall. Because it guarded the main road from Luntai to Yili, it was a barrier between the provincial capital and the gateway to Yili. It founded the country and withdrew the department to establish a county, and Ding'an Fucheng was the county town. The western region was bounded by Tianshan Mountain, and the north was pastoral and farmed in the south, and the north was returned to the south. This Jinghe County was the old place of Mongolia during the Ming Dynasty. In the late Ming Dynasty, one of its Junggars rose and drove another Turgut tribe to the Volga River Basin (now the Kalmyk Republic), and dominated the Western Regions. Unexpectedly, the huge Junggar Khanate was eventually destroyed by Qianlong, who was known as the ten-perfect martial arts.
When the Junggar Khanate passed away, due to the wars and the Mongols' power declined, the Kazakhs were dominant. The Turkish tribe, which had moved to the Volga Basin for a century and a half, could not bear the blood tax of the Tsar and hoped to return to the east. After contacting the Qing court, the Turkish tribe returned thousands of miles eastward, abandoned its trip for half a year, and lost more than 100,000 people to return to Yili. However, the Qing court, who was worried that the Turguts would become the second Junggar Khanate, did not want the Turgut tribe to live in groups, so they divided it into four tribes and placed them separately. This Jinghe was one of the places.
The Mong people in Jinghe were originally a banner of the Tuerhut, and they formed a alliance. They were led by Shumomentu, the leader of the Woba style of the Tuerhut, who was granted the title of Dorobele in the Qing Dynasty, and were granted the title of Jiergalang and the title of Zhasak. Since the 36th year of Qianlong, there have been eleven Beile in the five generations. China was founded. According to the new system, the Qing Dynasty was called the full Ming system, and the Jinghe was close to the border. Therefore, the Noorbo Sanpile, who was formerly Jiergalangbeile, was promoted to the prince of the county.
When Yang Zengxin and Xu Jingxi arrived at Jinghe, the three princes of Nolbo were old and weak, so they had to let their son Daxi. Nolbo and his confidant Blin Mengde and his confidant Zhang Yingjie were preparing to welcome Yang Zengxin and others in the suburbs. However, this time, Yang Zengxin and Xu Jingxi went to the Western Regions, which was very confidential. When he heard that the old prince had made such a move, Peng Qingpeng, the commander of the 13th Army, hurriedly persuaded the people. It is important to know that the governor of Turkey, Kuroparkint, on the opposite side, was a famous burden. Once he heard that the old prince was taking people with great fanfare, the news of the attack would be revealed.
Chapter completed!