Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 589
At nightfall, Nanjing Guide Hall welcomed a guest.

"Mr. Li?" Seeing Li Sutai, Fan Sanbo was very surprised.

Fan Sanbo was the eldest son of Fan Yongdou, the head of the eight imperial merchants who established slaves, but he had never been in the Manchu and Qing official circles, so almost none of the Manchu and Han officials in the court knew him.

But he knew Li Soltai.

Because Li Sutai's father is named Li Yongfang.

In the era of Lao Khan, Li Yongfang was in charge of the secret spy of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Li Shuitai had been ordered by his father to sneak into the pass many times to contact the Fan family, so Fan Sanbo was able to get acquainted with Li Shuitai.

Later, Li Yongfang's eldest son secretly contacted Daming, and after the incident was defeated and killed, Li Yongfang lost the trust of the old Khan, and he no longer took charge of the post-gold secret spy.

Unexpectedly, Li Sutai was sent to Nanjing by the regent.

Could it be that the regent is planning to let the Li family take over the secret spy of the Qing Dynasty again?If this is the case, how will the Luo family deal with it?Once the Luo family is pushed into a hurry, will they fall back to Nanming again?

Thinking of this, Fan Sanbo was in a state of confusion.

Once the Luo family brothers turn against each other, they will be finished.

"Fan Shaodong's family, what are you thinking?" Li Sutai asked with a smile.

"No, I didn't think about anything." Fan San hurriedly said, "I was thinking about how to cleanse you up."

"It's free to clean up the dust." Li Sutai waved his hand and said, "I came to clean up the secret spy organization in Nanjing on the order of the emperor's father and regent, not to eat some kind of banquet."

"Hey, the spy organization needs to be cleaned up, and the banquet needs to be eaten."

Fan Sanbo was secretly startled, the regent was indeed very dissatisfied with them.

But this is not surprising, their performance in Nanjing is indeed hard to describe.

Li Suitai asked directly: "Fan Shaodong's family, where are the brothers of the Luo family now?"

"The brothers of the Luo family are naturally in the Shaanxi Guild Hall." Fan Sanbo asked, "Does Mr. Li want to see them?"

"We definitely need to see each other, but there is no rush." ​​Li Sutai said flatly, "As for now, Fan Shaodong's family should gather all the members of your Fan family as soon as possible."

While they were talking, a man in Tsing Yi opened the door and barged in.

Li Shutai's expression darkened instantly, while Fan Sanbo's expression was awkward.

"Young Master, something has happened!" The man in Tsing Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said anxiously, "The shops we opened on Chaoku Street, Taiping Street, and Gongyuan Street have all been sealed up by people from the secret investigation department. "

"What did you say?" Fan San turned pale, "All the shops have been sealed up?"

"Yes, they are all sealed up." The man in Tsing Yi continued, "People have also been arrested."

"No, get out of here quickly." Li Sutai realized instantly, turned around and was about to leave.

However, before Li Sutai could move his legs, the man in Tsing Yi had already punched him hard.

There was a pop, and Li Shuitai had already received a heavy punch in the face, and immediately rolled his eyes and fell backwards.

"Ada, are you crazy?" Fan Sanbo was startled and angry, and shouted sharply, "This is... this is the person sent by the head office to investigate our account, how dare you do this?"

While speaking, Fan San poked his hand to touch his waist.

"Young Master, you also lie down for me." The man in Tsing Yi punched him again.

Fan San dialed the phone since he was a child, and he was arrogant and used to it. Where could he be the opponent of these fierce secret agents who licked blood with blades, he was directly punched to the ground, but his mind was still clear.

"Ada, have you been instigated too?"

"Young master, I can only feel sorry for you."

Fan Ada stepped forward and tied up Fan Sanbo and the two of them.

……

Two days passed quickly, and the time came to December 21, the 12st year of Chongzhen.

Three more days will be New Year's Eve, the day of family reunion, but Daming is going to launch an army to conquer the North.

Just after Yinshi, it was still pitch black outside Shence's gate, civil and military officials headed by Lu Zhenfei, and nobles and nobles headed by Huang Degong came to the campus one after another.

But there are others who come earlier than them.

That is the more than 3 students of the Imperial College, the School of Medicine, and the Naval Academy.

Gao Quanwen stood against the cold wind in the queue of first-year students, feeling an unprecedented suffocation. This was the first time in his life to participate in such a solemn ceremony.

In contrast, Zheng Zongming was much more relaxed.

After all, he is the second son of the Fujian government, and he is used to big scenes.

"Brother Yigong, take a deep breath." Zheng Zongming whispered, "Exhale slowly."

Gao Quanquan took a deep breath, and he felt better, and immediately thanked him: "Brother Erguan, thank you."

"They're all my brothers, thank you so much." Zheng Zongming smiled brightly, and asked Xu Yingxiong on the other side, "San'er, do you think this makes sense?"

"Get lost." Xu Yingxiong rolled his eyes.

"My name is Xu Yingxiong, and my name is Yewang, not San'er."

"Hey, first merit, second official, and third son, how neat are the teeth?" Zheng Zongming didn't feel annoyed, but just smiled and said, "I think you should just follow it, and change the wording to San'er."

"Get lost!" Xu Yingxiong rolled his eyes again.

While talking and laughing, the instructor standing in front of the queue suddenly yelled: "Everyone is there, stand at attention and salute!"

Hearing the instructor's roar, Zheng Zongming immediately straightened his chest with a solemn expression. Because he was from a family, he was often out of shape, but he respected their queue instructors exceptionally.

Because this instructor had participated in the Battle of Hunhe years ago.

Moreover, the instructor lost an arm in the Battle of Hunhe.

After a while, Chongzhen in golden armor slowly came over under the guard of three thousand guards of honor.

Yi Ding and Jia Ding officially became history in Daming, and were officially reorganized into honor guards by Chongzhen half a year ago.

"Long live my emperor!" The instructor standing in front of the queue raised his arms and shouted, and Zheng Zongming and other students immediately responded with the mountain call, looking at Chongzhen with undisguised admiration in their eyes.

None of the students of Guozijian did not worship Chongzhen.

Even Zheng Zongming is full of admiration for Chongzhen.

Chongzhen waved his hand, and the students of Guozijian suddenly became more fanatical.

That huge sound wave almost knocked off the ceremony platform on the north side of the University Field.

At this time, more and more people gathered around the Daxiaochang.

Seeing Chongzhen coming, the common people cheered like mountains and seas.

……

At this time, Lu Zhenfei and other officials, as well as Huang Degong and other nobles, had already sat on the viewing platform on the north side of the university grounds.

Seeing the cheers of the Guozijian students who lined up under the stage, the official Xungui felt a little moved.

Lu Zhenfei couldn't help but said: "The Holy Majesty really wins the hearts of the people, and even more the hearts of the scholars. Throughout the ages, there are very few emperors who can be supported by the common people like the Holy Majesty today."

"It's not just the hearts of the people?"

Huang Degong said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has even more morale in the army!"

As soon as the words were finished, footsteps sounded from inside Shence's door.

Just listening to this sound, one knows that it is the footsteps of thousands of people stepping on neat steps.

At this time, Chongzhen in golden armor had already boarded the viewing platform, Lu Zhenfei, Huang Degong and other officials stood up and bowed to Chongzhen one after another.

Half a month ago, the Ministry of Rites officially promulgated the new decree.

Kneeling worship has officially become history. From now on, monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, teachers and students no longer need to kneel and bow, just bow to each other, and Ming officials no longer need to kneel and bow.

This is also a staged achievement of the reformers in the "Great Ethics Controversy".

"Get up." Chongzhen also became more and more casual, and he didn't even bother to say anything.

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen sat on the brocade bench in the middle, and when he looked back, he saw that the first town of the new army had already lined up in a neat six-way column and ran out of the shence gate.

At this time, the sky was already bright, so the heroic appearance of the soldiers of the new army could be clearly seen.

I saw that every soldier of the new army was wearing a brand new overcoat, shiny leather boots on his feet, a polished iron helmet on his head, two bullet bags crossed on his chest, and a bullet on his right shoulder. Holding a flintlock gun with a bayonet on it, it reflected a dazzling cold light under the light of the dawn.

When passing under the viewing platform, the leading scholar gave a loud roar, and the officers and soldiers of the new army, who had changed to marching, looked to the right in unison, and countless pairs of scorching eyes fell on Chongzhen in an instant.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!" The leading scholar raised his right hand and shouted.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live the Ming Dynasty! Long live the Ming Dynasty!" The soldiers of the new army immediately responded.

Accompanied by the cheers of the officers and soldiers of the new army, the Imperial College students who lined up to watch the ceremony and the common people in the distance also cheered. Lu Zhenfei, Huang Degong and other officials and honorable officials could no longer hear other voices.

The only thing that filled my ears was the cheers of "Long Live the Ming Dynasty", which was deafening.

After walking for half a day, the five towns of the first batch of new troops finally finished their queue.

Chongzhen nodded lightly to Zhang Huangyan again, and Zhang Huangyan immediately stepped forward to the viewing stand, and shouted sharply: "Sacrifice to heaven and earth, sacrifice three animals, and captives!"

Even if the imperial guards carried up the roasted whole cow, whole lamb, and whole pig on a rack.

Immediately afterwards, another group of imperial guards escorted two criminals to the altar, they were Fan Sanbo and Li Sutai, but they were still blindfolded at this time.

But the ears can hear the sounds around them.

There seemed to be a lot of people around and it was very noisy.

The cloth strips covering the eyes of the two were untied.

Li Sutai and Fan San opened their eyes anxiously, and found that there were people all around them, including officials, dignitaries, and students, as well as teams of Ming soldiers with live ammunition passing by their feet.

It's strange, how come there is roasted whole beef and roasted whole lamb?

Hey wait, this platform they are on, is this altar?
The next moment, Li Sutai and Fan Sanbo's faces collapsed.

It's really an altar. After a while, their heads will be placed with the three animals to worship the heaven and the earth.

The important matter of the country is that the sacrifice is in the Rong, and the sacrifice and the Rong have always been inseparable. The Ming army is going to sacrifice their heads and three animals to the world, and then they will swear to the Northern Expedition. The Ming Army is really going to the Northern Expedition. Help!

At this time, Chongzhen had already led all the civil and military officials and honored scholars to the altar and offered high incense. Zhang Huangyan signaled to the executioner who was already in place. The executioner raised his knife and fell, and two heads rolled to the ground.

Chongzhen's voice sounded at the same time: "The purpose of the Northern Expedition is to recover our homeland and return our rivers and mountains..."

(End of this chapter)