Domineering Daming

Zhang Yun was very nervous, following Long Lun's sway, he sat still, not daring to show any "wrongness" in order not to embarrass Zhu Xu.

Behind Long Huo, clansmen and nobles, civil and military officials, foreign envoys, etc. all boarded the carriage one after another, followed Zhu Xu, and walked out of Beijing slowly and orderly for several miles.

Zhu Xu was surrounded by well-trained guards, and on both sides of the road were patrol camps, densely packed, stretching to Zhengyangmen.

Outside of these soldiers, countless civilians followed, full of enthusiasm and excitement.

In the Ming Dynasty, such a situation where the emperor and the people enjoyed together was rare. The emperor always hid in the deep palace. Many people had never seen the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty in their entire life. This time, it satisfied the curiosity of many people.

Naturally, there are also countless people who follow with evil intentions.

"With so much work, don't you worry about neglecting government affairs?"

"It's all trivial matters, look, how much people's fat and blood are wasted for such a big action!"

"Hmph, it's all to satisfy the vanity of the emperor alone. Why is my Ming Dynasty like this? As long as the emperor is wise and his ministers are virtuous, and the people are upright and prosperous, why do you need to be heretics and deceive people's hearts!"

"It's not that you don't know that the current emperor is so overjoyed. Apart from himself, why should he consider half of the court and the people of the world!"

"Speak carefully! Don't you know that now the emperor's people are all in the court and the public, so be careful of being arrested."

"Even if I say it, so what, they can still stop the mouth of Youyou in the world!"

"Hey, let's go and have a look, I hope there will be no troubles, otherwise it will be the common people who suffer..."

Zhu Xu couldn't hear the noisy and chaotic voices outside, and he didn't care. He sat on Long Yu and soon left Zhengyang Gate.

Outside the Zhengyang Gate, there are people from the Jingdong camp. The soldiers, three inside and three outside, are guarding both sides of the official road, stretching all the way.

Officials from the Ministry of Rites lead the way. From time to time, there are drums, horns, and singing, which sound in the open space outside the city for a long time.

Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun sat in front and gradually got used to it. They looked around and discussed in low voices.

"Your Majesty, do the concubines really want to speak?"

"Say a few words, don't let the outside world think that I, Daming, are too difficult to speak, and combine hardness and softness."

"Then, do you want to reward the concubine? What kind of rewards?"

"The things I told you last night, looking at the rewards, can be regarded as publicity for my businessmen in Ming Dynasty, creating a few facades..."

"Yes, the concubine has made a note."

While Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun were talking, the cabinet, the six ministries and other high-ranking civil and military officials had their own thoughts, but because they were sitting in the carriage, they didn't discuss anything.

However, the envoys and the like in the back didn't have so many scruples, they all stuck their heads out and discussed with each other.

"You say, how does the Ming Dynasty want to perform martial arts?"

"Is it hunting? How many pigs and sheep have been hunted?"

"Haha, then I can, maybe I can win the first place!"

"Me too, I'll take second place!"

Those who don't know, will naturally laugh at it, and those who know something, just keep silent.

At the moment, in Jingdong Daying.

Sun Chengzong, Shen Yongmao, Cao Wenzhao, Lu Xiangsheng, Zhao Liaojiao and others were busy making the final arrangement and confirmation.

Standing on a high concrete platform, facing south from north, in the middle, a national flag flutters in the wind, solemn and solemn.

The [-] elite soldiers on the east side of the left stand in a solemn formation, blocked by a wall and a door, in awe-inspiring order and majesty.

On their right side, there are iron armored soldiers, arrow artillery soldiers, and they also stand neatly, without making a sound, waiting quietly.

Directly in front of the platform, but only 200 meters away, is a thousand cannons, arranged in a patchwork pattern, with black muzzles, facing the south, where there is a barren wasteland of gravel, with a radius of two or three miles.

Sun Chengzong held the binoculars and looked back and forth, looking for all the flaws, possible mistakes, and urgent, final adjustments.

30 meters in front of the high platform, in the middle of a square platform, stands the flagpole with the flag fluttering, surrounded by national flag guards, straight as a pole, motionless.

After a while, Shen Yongmao, Lu Xiangsheng, and Cao Wenzhao all came up behind Sun Chengzong.

Shen Yongmao said: "My lord, the formation is ready."

Lu Xiangsheng said: "The cavalry is well-organized. There are no problems with men, horses, and weapons."

Cao Wenzhao said: "The artillery is all ready, and the officials have made some arrangements to make sure nothing goes wrong!"

Cao Wenzhao's words clearly hinted at something, but Sun Chengzong didn't ask further, put down the binoculars, looked up at the sky, and said: "calculate the time, the emperor and others will arrive in half an hour, get ready to welcome them."

"Yes!" Everyone raised their hands and said in a deep voice.

This big martial arts performance is extremely important both internally and externally, and no one dares to be careless.

Since the Liaodong rebellion, Ming's morale has been dropping day by day, and rumors of subjugation have been rampant. Even though in recent years, Ming has continuously demonstrated its military strength and won great victories everywhere, such rumors are still popular everywhere.

The purpose of this big martial arts performance is to severely injure this kind of gossip, and at the same time enhance the morale of the whole Ming Dynasty!

Naturally, if this great martial arts performance goes well, it will have infinite benefits for everyone in Ming Dynasty, the "New Deal", people's hearts, etc.

At the same time, it is also a deterrent to the outside world!

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty is depleting day by day, but the disaster is getting worse. At the critical moment of renovating the internal affairs, the Ming Dynasty needs a stable external environment!

Chapter 978 Flag Raising Ceremony

Zhu Xu's Long Huan slowly walked into the camp of Jingdong Daying, and the horse-drawn carriages and other teams that were several miles away also entered.

Sun Chengzong, Cao Wenzhao and dozens of civil servants and generals waited under the high platform, waiting for Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun to stand up from the dragon, raised their hands to worship, and said loudly: "See the emperor, long live my emperor! See Empress Empress, empress is a thousand years old!"

Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back, glanced across the field, and said with a satisfied smile: "Masters, please forgive me, let me be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sun Chengzong and others stood up.

Then, Sun Chengzong stepped forward, and after Zhu Xu got off the dragon, he said: "Your Majesty, everything is ready. When the time comes, we can start."

Zhu Xu glanced at the eye-catching high platform not far away, then turned his head to look at the crowd behind him, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay! Make arrangements, and proceed as usual!"

"Abiding by the order!" Sun Chengzong responded, looked at Zhu Xu with a fixed expression, and waved his hands behind him.

Shen Yongmao and others immediately walked back and arranged for Zhu Xu's group.

These are the top group of people in Ming Dynasty, high civil and military officials, men, women, old and young, rich and powerful, and some foreign envoys, kings and so on.Their arrangements were also planned by the Ministry of Rites long ago, and everything was arranged in an extremely orderly manner without any chaos.

Zhu Xu and Zhang Yun joined hands and went up to the high platform one after the other.