Cutting 1719

Chapter 689 Times have changed
"No, I can finally walk in this world with dignity."

The 48-year-old Hongli looked at the thin identity certificate in his hand and burst into tears. As the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, his life was indeed too miserable.

Since arriving in Jinzhou, Hongli has never been able to really set foot on the return ship, because his identity has always been secret and unknown, and it is impossible to leave through formal channels, and with Donghua After the establishment of the kingdom, there was no way to keep his identity hidden.

Zhang Tingyu, who had always been with him in the past, died early in a conflict with the Indians, and Hongli was only able to escape after a narrow escape. Since that life-and-death test, Hongli has completely seen his future, and also No longer obsessed with repeating the mission of the Qing Dynasty, he decided to live a good life.

In order to be able to live a normal life, Hongli changed his surname to 'Jin' and his name to Hongshun, implying to live a smooth life. Then after changing his name, he applied for his identity through looking for connections The documents were still in front of the portraits of Ning Yu and Ning Chengyi, completing the process of swearing allegiance to Dachu and Donghua.

Pooh!I will not swear allegiance to you traitor!Not to be loyal to your son!

Hongli thought hard in his heart, but he still kept a humble smile on his bright face. Looking at the "Huaxia" nationality on the ID card, he was a little dazed. It seemed that he was no longer a Manchu.

That's right, after 28 years of innovation, Ning Yu announced the pardon of all the Manchus who were convicted because of the war experience. It turned out that all the Manchus who were working all day long found that they were free.

In order to eliminate ethnic surprises, among all the certificates issued by the Great Chu after 28 years of reform, there will be no ethnic differences. There will only be one Chinese nation as a proxy. They will maintain the principle of equality in the law and be able to resemble a real Great Chu. Citizens generally enjoy their due rights and pay their due obligations.

Having obtained his identity certificate, Hongli walked on the streets of Jinzhou in a daze. He can already look for a formal job like a normal Donghua citizen without being discriminated against by others because of his identity. , but he is old, at 48 he looks almost 60.

However, Hongli also has his own son and daughter. He used to have several heirs in Shengjing and North Korea, but those heirs either died early or disappeared. In order to continue Aixinjueluo's blood, Zhang Tingyu took a lot of effort to find an immigrant widow of Manchu origin, and then let the widow marry Hongli, and the two gave birth to a son and a daughter.

It's a pity that life in Jinzhou was so hard that the widow died early, leaving Hongli with only one son and one daughter. Among them, the eldest son entered the Young Eagle Camp branch in Jinzhou, and the youngest daughter They went to elementary school and received relevant compulsory education. They grew up slowly in a difficult environment, and had a formal identity earlier than Hongli, and they took an oath to the emperor very seriously.

Hongli walked back home slowly. He didn't tell anyone about the name change and status application this time, and he didn't want to tell his children when he came back. He glanced at the not so narrow room, and saw The youngest daughter, Amin, is writing homework assigned by her husband, while the eldest son, Yongqi, is nowhere to be found.

The stinky boy probably doesn't know where to go to be naughty again.
Hongli cursed secretly in his heart. He hoped that his family could live a low-key enough life, at least not to be noticed by those officials, but his son Yongqi had the opposite temperament. The drive to make contributions.

The youngest daughter, Amin, was very cute. She was about ten years old, and she was a bit lively. She put down the pen and paper in her hand, looked at Hongli and said loudly: "Daddy, the meal will be ready later, cook it today." It's beef and alfalfa."

Hongli moved his nostrils lightly, he smelled a little fragrance, and immediately smiled and said: "My good daughter, father brought you a hair rope today, come and have a look." While talking, he took out a hair rope from his pocket. A red-headed rope was handed to Amin.

Amin took the red-headed rope, a gleam of joy flashed across his face, and when he was about to speak, there was a sound of horseshoes from outside the door, which made Hongli, who was sensitive and suspicious, feel vigilant. Send the daughter to the backyard, and take down a long musket from the wall on the other side, as well as lead bullets hanging beside it.

It was a well-wiped musket made in Hanyang, with relevant words engraved on it. The black barrel was long and straight, and the front end of the muzzle had faint traces of nitrification—this was a real fired gun. musket.

In fact, for the people of Donghua at this time, as early as the Jinzhou period, every household had already prepared guns. Those guns were issued by the court and bought by themselves. In short, the local people learned from the endless disputes. After shooting, I learned how to maintain and maintain the guns. In short, everyone has such a gun made in Hanyang.

Holding a musket, Hongli cautiously walked into the yard, but just in time saw his son jumping off a horse. He was wearing a neat military uniform, with a military cap on his head, embroidered with gold The Tuanlong logo, and this surprised Hongli, and turned into annoyed.

"Yongqi, what are you doing?"

However, the young man just tidied up his clothes, walked quickly to Hongli, and said loudly and proudly: "Father, the king has issued a mobilization order, and my son has been drafted into the army, so he can also contribute to Donghua in the future! "

"What? Who let you go? Who allowed you to go?"

Hongli's face turned red, he put down the musket in his hand, but picked up a wooden stick, and wanted to chase and beat Yongqi, but Yongqi didn't dodge, just stood there, waiting for the stick to fall on him. body.

"Hey"

Hongli heaved a long sigh, looked at Yongqi with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice, "Tell me, what do you think? We are all Manchus. Why should we sacrifice our lives for our enemies?"

"Father, we are not Manchus anymore, we are Chinese."

Yong Qi's expression didn't change at all, he still stood straight in place, with no thought of escaping at all.

"But this war is extraordinary. Why do you have to do something else? Why do you have to go to war? How dangerous is this fight? What would you do if you lost me and your sister?"

When Hongli was talking, his eye circles gradually turned red. After all, he was a father after all.

"Father, it is because you and my sister are here that I have to go to war."

Yongqi's eyes gradually softened, and he looked into the distance and said softly: "Father, I am not a soldier for fame, but to protect you, and thousands of people in Donghua, who can To live in peace without being slaughtered and driven away by others. This is not about our family, it is about the whole world.”

"If we don't win this battle, we will have to leave here and hide in other places. But Dad, I remember you told me since I was a child that you don't want to live in hiding anymore!"

When Hongli heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable. He will never forget Aixinjueluo, and he will never forget Daqing, just like he can never give up his hatred for Dachu, but now his son, But it is a great irony to have to work hard for Da Chu and Dong Hua.

However, Hongli has no way to continue to persuade his son, just like he decided to give up the idea of ​​restoring the country at that time. He did not tell Yongqi and Amin about his origin, but chose to remain silent. He would rather keep this secret If I die alone, I don't want my children and grandchildren to bear this heavy past from generation to generation.

Yong Qi got on the horse again, and soon left the yard. The horse's hooves brought up smoke and dust, but Hongli's vision became more and more blurred. He didn't know what he should do in the future.

"Father, did elder brother come back just now?"

Amin stood timidly at the door, looking at the silent Hongli.

"Ah, yes."

"Why didn't brother come and talk to me and just left?"

"He's busy, he's busy"

"Father, dinner is ready."

"Okay, Dad will be here soon."

With his back to Amin, Hongli stretched out his sleeve to wipe his eyes, then turned around, picked up the musket and entered the room.

For this war that broke out all over the world, the focus of the war has gradually shifted from Europe to America, especially the participation of the Donghua Kingdom, and a large number of Chu troops coming to America by sea, making the war here more and more serious. Intensely, the Red Dragon Banner began to occupy more and more places.

Since the Panama Canal has not yet been built at this time, the route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean can only go around the Cape of Good Hope. Soldiers arrive in America.

At this time, because Great Chu and Donghua joined Britain and France, they chose a temporary alliance. Although a regional alliance has not yet been reached, they have stopped attacking each other. The three parties have launched a large number of diplomatic activities around the Americas. Use more means to isolate each other.

The Dachu and Donghua Allied Forces merged 30 people and divided them into two army groups to launch an attack on the British colonies. Since the Allied Forces had more advanced weapons, equipment and military thinking at this time, their attack capabilities were very sharp. It broke through the defense of the British Colonial Corps, and the soldiers soon arrived in the Georgia area.

But for the British and French at this time, they had an indescribable feeling. After all, they had just been beaten into a dog's brain, but now they had to start to join forces under the increasingly severe pressure. There is a feeling that you have to swallow shit after eating, and this has also begun to prompt the rapid changes in the European situation.

Times have changed in America!
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