Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 546

Compared with last year's Zhengdan court meeting, this year's will undoubtedly be much more grand and lively.

Although the capital was moved to Dengzhou this year, the palaces here are simple and not as good as the Forbidden City in Nanjing, but the number of foreign envoys who came to the court this year has increased a lot, all because of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

The palace is full of gold and purple.

The majestic bastions, the mighty cannons, and the teams of the imperial guards all amazed the envoys who came from afar. Those who visited Emperor Hongguang, and even went to Beijing to worship Shunzhi, but compared with the current Emperor Shaotian, although the emperors in the past lived in the northern and southern capitals, they felt the end of the world and barbarism.

But now the Shaotian Dynasty is full of vitality and momentum.

Civil officials and military generals from all over the Ming Dynasty also came to celebrate the court this time. Even Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Guizhou from Yunnan, came. With such a big disturbance in Shadingzhou, he lost Kunming, but the emperor still didn't pursue it, and instead gave him a promotion. Mu Tianbo was naturally very grateful.

Especially last year, the emperor dispatched troops from Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou and several provinces to Yunnan to aid in the suppression, which can be said to have relieved his urgent need. Although the battle is still going on, Kunming has already recovered.

Mu Tianbo was finally able to return to Kunming from the remote and wild place of Baoshan, so he came here this time to thank the emperor and express his loyalty.

Ding Layin, the Hui general of Gansu, also entered the court together with He Hongqi of Longyou.

Qin Liangyu from Sichuan, Li Chixin, Gao Bizheng, Yuan Zongdi, He Zhen, Sun Shoufa, and Wang Guangtai from Huguang, Jin Shenghuan, Yang Tinglin, and Wanji from Jiangxi, even Li Jiyu and Xu Dingguo from Henan, Zheng Hongkui, Zhu Chenggong from Fujian, Dongjiang Geng Zhongming et al.

Most of these officials in frontiers came here.

This is a gesture, no matter what the current local situation is, this time it must come.

Jin Shenghuan, Ding Layin, Xu Dingguo, Li Jiyu, Geng Zhongming, and He Zhen all belonged to the local army leaders, but this time they also voluntarily requested to enter the court to congratulate them.

Not to mention the surrendered generals such as Li Guodong, Tu Guobao, Liu Liangzuo, etc.

For this day, the Ministry of Rites has been busy for several months. Because most of the world has been restored now, the Ministry of Rites has enough officials now. Many old staff have returned and are familiar with the etiquette system. It's very grand.

The emperor just added a ceremony to the Grand Court Meeting, which was the military parade and flag raising.

Zhengdan Grand Court will open from morning to noon.

Then at noon, the flag is raised and the military parade is held at the South Gate Square of Penglai Palace.

There are more than 300 members of the Royal Banner Guard's three-army contingent, and they showed what a guard of honor is. They strode forward and walked through the square, and then raised the sun and moon flag of Ming Dynasty.

This sun and moon flag is also the national flag appointed by Zhu Yihai. There was no such thing as a national flag before. Although there are sun and moon flags, they also have many styles.

Later, Zhu Yihai chose the sun and moon flag commonly used by maritime merchants, modified it, and set the blue sky, sun, moon and red flag as the national flag of Ming Dynasty.

In the past, maritime merchants found that the merchant ships of the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries generally flew their own national flags to show the difference, so many merchants hung the sun and moon flags to represent the merchant ships of Ming Dynasty.It's just that there is no unified standard, so there are green flags and yellow flags and so on.

The current standard set by the emperor is a square flag with red all over the ground, and a smaller blue square in the upper left corner, with the sun and moon arranged on it, symbolizing the blue sky, sun and moon.

Although someone once suggested using a dragon flag, Zhu Yihai felt that the dragon flag was more complicated, not as simple and eye-catching as the blue sky, the sun, the moon, and the red earth.

And he likes red very much, and has always liked this red all over the floor.

Even he didn't plan to use cyan, but red all over the ground, with the sun and the moon on the upper left, and then planned to add thirteen stars, which symbolized the thirteen provinces of Han.

But think about it later, if you get thirteen stars now, how can you fight outside the pass and regain Liaodong after the Central Plains are restored?What about recovering Annan, Qinghai-Tibet, Luchuan and other places in the future?So the limit should not be set prematurely.

In the end, the blue sky, sun, moon and red flag were adopted as the national flag of Ming Dynasty.

The dragon flag is used as the royal flag.

Countless officials and foreign envoys couldn't help standing up from the viewing platform when they saw this majestic guard of honor approaching.

"The guard of honor of the three armed forces is really mighty and majestic!"

The eldest son Li Hao from North Korea was very excited, and next to him were two accompanying ministers, Kim Sang-heon on the left and Yizheng Cui Mingji on the right.

"These cavalry are really majestic." The two North Korean prime ministers were also stunned. Although the guard of honor was only more than 300 people in total, it fully demonstrated the various elite units of the Ming army.

For example, among the cavalry, the cuirassiers with shiny breastplates, iron helmets and flower feathers are at the forefront. They are equipped with shiny breastplates, sabers and muskets. Horses, coupled with elite cavalry, all of whom are burly and taller than 1.8 meters, are proper heavy cavalry.

As soon as he appeared on the stage, there was an overwhelming momentum.

"Mount Tai hangs like a chicken egg!"

At noon, the warm sun was in the sky.

The polished breastplate reflected the sun's rays, shining brightly.

Immediately behind them are dragoons. They don't wear heavy armor, but wear cotton armor. They are actually musketeers on horseback. Their riding boots with spurs are very shiny, and they are equipped with muskets and sabers. Their muskets have shorter barrels. .

The dragoons in the Daming imperial camp were actually more of a motorized musketeer infantry, capable of chasing, reconnaissance, covering, and even attacking the enemy's formation.

"What kind of cavalry is this?" Shizi pointed to the cavalry who came out from behind. Their equipment looked lighter, with horsetails on their helmets and bright red military uniforms.

"My lord, these are the hussars of the Imperial Battalion. They come and go like the wind with fast horses and light swords. They capture the flag and cut down the generals. This is a real light cavalry. Those who can enter need excellent riding skills. Look, Your Highness. The hussars who arrived were mainly Mongols."

"Mongol?"

"Well, it is said that there are thousands of Mongolian soldiers in the imperial camp of the Ming Dynasty, and they mainly serve as hussars. These people are tough and brave, and have excellent riding skills. .”

"Look at the clothes on their bodies. They wear cowhide armor inside and a shark skin cloak outside. The copper nails on them, dyed red, blue and other colors, look so gorgeous."

This kind of cloak jacket is a thick coat with a fur-trimmed collar, usually only half worn, and half draped over the shoulders. When the horse is charging, the clothes flutter in the wind, showing its sturdy nature.

But this is not to look cool, but the temperature difference between day and night on the grassland is large, so they are used to wearing big robes, half of them during the day, and if the sun is hot, they simply take off the upper robes and wrap them around their waists.Wait until it's cold before putting it on.

The hussars equipped with this cloak jacket also facilitated their long-distance raids day and night.

Even this thick cloak jacket inlaid with copper nails is actually equivalent to a piece of soft armor, which has good protection ability.

"What kind of cavalry is this?"

After the hussars came another detachment of cavalry, also armed with muskets and leather armor, but very different from the hussars.

"These are the chasseurs, light cavalry with muskets, unlike the dragoons who fight mainly on foot with muskets, they are cavalry musketeers who ride better than dragoons but worse than hussars, and you Look at their muskets, they are longer than those of the dragoons, this kind of muskets have a longer range and are more powerful, their main task is to reconnaissance, even to chase and stop the enemy's reconnaissance cavalry."

Chasseurs are equivalent to low-profile hussars. They are mainly used to counter enemy scouts. They are easy to replenish, low in training cost, and fast in training.

Immediately afterwards, another group of cavalrymen came up with lances on their backs. The weapons were one-foot lances, and they had a pair of wings behind them.

"This is the Hussars, also called Lancers. His Majesty has two elite Lancer battalions, one called the Red Lancer Battalion and the other called the Black Lancer Battalion. It is said that this kind of Lancers are mainly used to attack the enemy's infantry. They are both He is good at riding a spear and is also proficient in using a saber. He can not only charge and break through the formation, but also fight against cavalry, so each of them is very elite, and they are generally used on large battlefields, not for reconnaissance and security.”

Lancers are elite like hussars, but hussars are light cavalry, while lancers are suitable for both long-distance and close combat, and are also good at frontal charges.

Of course, Lancers are not as tough as the heavily armored Cuirassiers, but their cavalry combat ability is definitely not inferior to that of Cuirassiers.

Zhu Yihai paid great attention to cavalry. From the very beginning when he established the Jinwu Town Cavalry Army, until now, he has continuously increased the number of cavalry troops, and even divided them into different types of cavalry.

In this military parade, they appeared in turn, all of which were sturdy young and elite cavalry.

Then the infantry were just as powerful.

Especially after the flag was raised, the formation of the three armies was reviewed, and the phalanx of each branch of the infantry perfectly demonstrated their might.

The first in line is the Iron Man Army, heavy infantry with full iron armor, double armor, and a long-bladed saber.

Everyone is over 1.8 meters, with double armor, iron helmets, iron face armor, iron shields, two sabers, and bows and arrows.

Dragons have scales, warriors have armor.

Double-layer armor capable of defending against musket lead bullets, paired with a saber that is more than two meters long, can break a man's body and a horse's leg. Wherever he goes, he will either die or be injured.

A battalion of 500 iron men stands on the battlefield, that is, a copper wall and an iron wall, indestructible, even cavalry cannot rush.

The Iron Man Army of the Ming imperial camp not only severely damaged the Tartar Eight Banners cavalry in Xuzhou, but also wiped out 240 Dutch musketeers in World War I on the battlefield in Taiwan last year, and chopped down the Dutch commander. Since then, the Dutch have shrunk to the fort In the middle, dare not come out again.

No loss of strength, one force can drop ten times, what the Iron Man Army needs are the strongest fighters, equipped with excellent two-layer or even three-layer armor, and coupled with the horse-slaying sword that is criticized by all directions, under the cover of other troops , the battlefield is the mainstay, indestructible.

The princes and prime ministers of Korea looked at these soldiers, their faces flushed with excitement.

"It would be great if I could build up these cavalry and infantry in North Korea, so I wouldn't have to fear the Tartars!"

The heavy infantry represented by the Iron Man Army shocked the audience, followed by armored soldiers with spears, light infantry with swords and shields, and then musketeers.

Teams of musketeers, including bird musketeers, nine-headed bird heavy gunmen, and even larger blocking wall gun infantry.

Then came various types of artillery, some carried directly on the shoulders, some carried by two people, some horse-drawn, and vehicle-mounted. All kinds of artillery appeared in turn.

Even the envoys from the Ruan family in Annan were shocked when they saw these artillery pieces. The Ruan family traded with the Netherlands, hired Dutch mercenaries early, and even established their own cannon foundry. The degree of firearms is quite high.

But looking at the firearms of Daming Imperial Camp now, the quality is obviously much better than theirs.

If Dengzhou Port wasn't frozen, Zhu Yihai even planned to show off the Navy's giant ship cannons.

But even this military parade with a total of more than 3 cavalry squares shocked the envoys of various countries. Even the military leaders who came to the pilgrimage for the first time, such as Jin Shenghuan, Ding Layin, He Zhen, Mu Tianbo, Xu Dingguo, Li Jiyu and the others were so shocked that they didn't dare to say anything. This strength was much stronger than they imagined.

Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren secretly looked at each other, eyes full of shock.Since the two of them joined Ming Dynasty, they have been somewhat dissatisfied and even somewhat regretful, because they didn't get the treatment they wanted, but they were constantly squeezed and asked for reorganization and so on.

If it weren't for the surrounding areas, which were completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, the Tartars would be in decline. They probably turned their backs. Last winter, the imperial court reorganized the ministries again. Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and other ministries were required to be reorganized into a foreign town. The treatment is not as good as that of the imperial camp.

Even the resident has been reduced, which makes them very dissatisfied.

This time I came to the court to congratulate, and I also had to bargain hard with the court.

But now seeing the aura of the imperial camp, they were very shocked.

If the guard of honor of the three armed forces surprised people at the beginning, it was only a few hundred people. It is not difficult to choose hundreds of strong men in the army and equip them with good equipment. They in Jiangxi, who belong to the army, can also do it.

But the more than 3 paces that appeared later, one after another, one battalion of 500 people at a time.

Each battalion is so tall and majestic, and the equipment is so excellent. Even these soldiers show a kind of toughness that has been tempered by the flames of battle.

They are all old soldiers, and this kind of murderous aura can be seen at a glance. It must be tempered by blood and fire.

Tens of thousands of people.

Not to mention that this is only a small part of the imperial camp, even if all the elite of the imperial camp are here, Jin Shenghuan has to think carefully about whether he has to be more honest with the court.

After all, with only tens of thousands of people, Jin Shenghuan is more than enough to kill him.

He has a lot of soldiers, and Wang Zamao is also very good at fighting, but even if he adds Dongman Zhang An's Longwu Army, they are not opponents at all.

In front of Yang Tinglin, Wanji, etc. before, I still felt that I had a lot of chips in my hand, but now I look at it, it's broken.

The emperor wants to use the Huguang camp plus the Huguang and Jiangxi provincial camps to reorganize into two towns, sub-towns Yuezhou and Jiujiang. Now it seems that there is no qualification for bargaining at all.

Jiujiang, this time I have to hand it over honestly.

(End of this chapter)