1825 My New Daming

Chapter 117 Let's go, make meritorious service! (Available this Friday for the first order!)

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it will be February of the seventh year of Taiping in Ming Dynasty.

In the more than half a month after the New Year's Eve, the most eye-catching thing in Beijing is undoubtedly the personnel changes of the Right Prime Minister of Ming Dynasty and the rise of Zhuge Weidao and others.

In the past 100 years, the position of the right minister of the Ming Dynasty has been almost monopolized by the Zhuge family!The reason why it is almost, is because there are also children from the Eight Great Aristocratic Families other than the Zhuge family who have served as the right minister for a short time, but it is the first time that someone from a non-Eight Great Aristocratic family has served as the right minister!

In addition, although the old man Yu Quanyu was also from the honorable Yu family, his branch is a commoner, and he has not been awarded a title for three generations.Moreover, Yu Quan's father's official fortune was not very good, he was just a small local official all his life.With such a background, his being able to reach the right chancellor has undoubtedly opened up a channel for those talents who are not from the Eight Great Aristocratic Families and the direct descendants of honorable nobles!

This new Ming Dynasty is not bad in all aspects, but the joint rule of noble families started by King Zhuge Wuzhong is a bit unfair!Oh, it's not completely unfair. After all, those noble ancestors also returned to China after hundreds of battles, and were forced by King Wuzhong to equalize and limit the land, and did not privately divide the country's wealth. .Later, they also set up education, broaden the wisdom of the people, and develop industry and commerce, which opened up a peaceful and prosperous world that lasted for more than 100 years, so it is not too much for their descendants and high-ranking officials to do.It's just that their monopoly has been going on for a long time, and it should end after more than 100 years. No, it should be moved behind the scenes.

And seeing that a worldwide struggle is about to start, this is the time for heroes to make contributions. Your veteran nobles always occupy a good position, so won't the enthusiasm of others be hit?
And Zhuge Weidao, a large group of people, rose rapidly because of the Battle of Peshawar, which seemed to prove to people that a new era of heroes is coming!
Although Zhuge Weidao, Mu Zhongjun, Zheng Guoxian, and Li Kezhi are all members of the Eight Great Families, Guan Tianpei, Guo Xiaobao, Wang Wen, Yu Hui, Yu Yang, Ye Wu, Ma Xuchen, Ling Zongjun, and Yu Deke are not members of the Eight Great Families , and several of them were simply of civilian origin.

Now they are all exposed to the light of the Battle of Peshawar, and everyone has been promoted!

Among them, Guan Tianpei, who was born as a civilian, was promoted to rear admiral, and even became the commander of the naval aviation force - this is the position of lieutenant general. According to the practice of the Ming Navy, Guan Tianpei can be promoted to lieutenant general as soon as he has accumulated enough seniority.

Ma Xuchen, who was also a civilian, was promoted to lieutenant colonel, followed Guan Tianpei to the Naval Air Force, and became the captain of the first airship brigade. He also has a bright future!
There are also Ye Wu and Ling Zongjun, two civilian-born captains who were promoted to majors and went to the No. [-] Airship Brigade to become squadron leaders. The future is also enviable!
The second lieutenant Wang Wen, who was born as a civilian and was expelled from the navy, was promoted two ranks in a row this time, from second lieutenant to captain, which can be regarded as making up for the previous "loss".

Li Kezhi and Yu Yang, two naval lieutenant commanders from noble families, were only promoted to lieutenant colonel, and they did not receive any special treatment compared to those officers from civilian backgrounds.
As for the "first achievement" in the Battle of Peshawar, Zhuge Weidao, because he had just been promoted to lieutenant colonel before, he was not promoted again, but he "due to meritorious service" won the position of military adviser of the Zhuge family!Moreover, he was officially appointed as the captain of Lushun on February [-]th—this is a colonel's position, and as long as he accumulates enough seniority, he can be promoted immediately.

In addition, Guo Xiaobao, who only participated in the "half-time" Peshawar victory, also won a major and was admitted to the Naval Staff College.

Don't underestimate the promotion of this level and two ranks in the army is like a knockout match between classmates, whoever can be promoted faster than others is the victory!
And those officers who lost in the "knockout round" will of course not be impoverished, because the eight families including the Zhuge family and the Zheng family have already arranged a retreat for them-the eight families are not only political families, Still a big chaebol!He controls a large number of industrial and commercial enterprises, and these enterprises can provide a large number of positions close to home with more money and less work, such as directors, supervisors, directors, consultants, etc., which are all prepared for those losers in the promotion competition.When these officers reach the age and cannot be promoted and must retire from active service, there is still a comfortable and comfortable second half of life waiting for them.

Therefore, in the army of the new Ming Dynasty, there is often a phenomenon of "you don't know the eight good things when you are young", that is, the young officer who just came out of the military academy is very dissatisfied with the phenomenon that the eight great families and noble children are cheating in the promotion knockout competition.But when they get older, they are promoted to the positions of major and lieutenant colonel, and they can no longer get up, they will feel that they are also members of the eight great families, so sweet!
On the second day of February, when it was getting dark, Zhuge Weidao, who had just received the letter of appointment as the captain of the cruiser Lushun, sat in a carriage with Wang Wen, the new combat staff officer of the Lushun, talking and laughing. My own Xishan villa.As soon as the two of them got out of the car, they saw a carriage with the sign of Xishan Palace parked there, and beside the carriage, there was a young black eunuch guarding beside the carriage with a whisk in his arms.One of the black eunuchs still recognized Zhuge Weidao, and greeted him with a smile when he saw him coming back: "Eighteenth Military Division, you are back. Director Feng came early in the morning."

"Director Feng" is Hei Xuanfeng, Empress Dowager Zheng's confidant eunuch, who was promoted to be chief executive of Xishan Palace a while ago, instead of serving the Queen Mother in the palace, he ran to Zhuge Weidao's villa in Xishan early in the morning, It can only be one thing.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao hurriedly rushed into the gate of his own villa in three steps and two steps, bypassing the screen wall, and saw A Li guarding the door of the lobby.

"Ali!"

Zhuge Weidao hurriedly called her, and then saw A Lifei rushing to Zhuge Weidao, forgetting to even pay attention to the ceremony, just whispered: "Congratulations, master, the second child of your twins is born. , is a son!"

In the past, twins could be born with the first sibling, and then give birth to the first sibling after a while, and the first sibling is the younger brother, and the first sibling is the second sibling. It is not known whether they are older brothers or sisters.

"Great, I have." Just as Zhuge Weidao said this, Ah Li suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, and said in a low voice, "Captain Wang came in."

It turned out that it was Wang Wen who came in.

In his family, only Natalie, Yu De, and Ali knew about Zhuge Weidao and Queen Mother Zheng, and even Wang Wen and Nalandili were kept in the dark.

Ah Li said to Zhuge Weidao again at this time: "Master, you go into the house quickly, and the slaves of Captain Wang will deal with it."

"it is good."

Zhuge Weidao agreed, and then flew into the main room of his villa. There were only two people in the room, one was Natalie with a big belly, and the other was Hei Xuanfeng who was so dark.The two were sitting very close to each other, talking in low voices.

Seeing Zhuge Weidao walking in, Natalie gestured him to close the door.Zhuge Weidao quickly closed the door, and then walked quickly to Natalie and Hei Xuanfeng.

"Eunuch Hei," Zhuge Weidao first cupped his fists at Hei Xuanfeng, "The Queen Mother"

"The Queen Mother is fine," Hei Xuanfeng whispered, "Mother and child are safe."

"Then can the lower officials enter the palace to have an audience?" Zhuge Weidao asked again.

"Not yet," Hei Xuanfeng said, "You will not be able to enter the palace until the first twins are born."

"First sibling?" Zhuge Weidao glanced at Natalie's stomach, counting the days, at least one month?Twins whose brother or sister was born one month after the younger brother
Natalie smiled and said: "Daozi, the Queen Mother has finally recovered from her illness these days. She knows that you are going to be the captain of the Lushun cruiser and serve the country, so she wants my slave to go to Xishan Palace to wait for delivery. Eunuch Hei came here to take the slave family into the palace."

Hei Xuanfeng said: "The Eighteenth Military Division, the Empress Dowager said that the Grand Duchess Natalie is the princess of the Raksha Kingdom, her birth is of great importance, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise it will affect both Daming and Raksha. You have military affairs, so the Xishan Palace will take care of the Grand Duchess. You can go to sea and serve the country with peace of mind!"

This arrangement was discussed long ago, otherwise how would Natalie give birth to twins?
Zhuge Weidao nodded, and then looked at his virtuous wife Natalie, "Honey, this time I will be back after going out for at most three months, and there will be no danger, so don't worry."

Although Daming is determined to beat up Japan, but now is not the time.For one thing, Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette after all, so it has to be courteous before soldiers. First tell Japan the conditions for being a dog. If the other party agrees, there is no need to fight.

Of course, if Japan does not agree to be a dog, Ming will not go to war immediately, and Ming will only completely embargo Japan—everything, including food, energy, and iron ore, is not allowed to come from Daming’s homeland, overseas provinces, The vassal state shipped to Japan, and ships containing these materials were not allowed to go to Japan through the territorial waters of Daming and the vassal state of Ming Dynasty!

If Japan can accept this forced seclusion and retreat from the industrial age, then Ming can also ignore the existence of this country.

Second, the great military strategist Zhuge Weijiu is currently on his way to Europe. It is the best time for Ming to start accepting Japan as a dog when he arrives in Europe, because it can leave a deep impression on the forgetful European powers. .

Thirdly, of course, it is because Da Ming still has at least five to six months before he can secretly complete the war preparations, so there is plenty of time to talk slowly.

(End of this chapter)