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Volume 4: The Empire Ascends to the East Chapter 106: A Shocking Eyes

Now that the emperor's car left, the business of those big-money merchants will fall back to the past, naturally, just like money butchers, I hope that the emperor will live in the Forbidden City as long as possible, and more ordinary people just out of respect for the emperor, I hope that the emperor can live in Beijing for a long time.

Regardless of whether the residents of Beijing were willing or not, the emperor's car was still getting farther and farther away from Beijing until it disappeared.

Sitting in the carriage, the emperor had the opportunity to carefully look at the scenery on both sides of the road. After coming out of the city, he saw that the official road was covered with freshly harvested farmland. Only the mountains not far away seemed lush and lush trees grew.

The capital of the Ming Dynasty was established in Beijing for more than 200 years. The surrounding plains were basically developed. The land enclosure movement once made the surrounding land deserted for several years, but now all have been redeveloped.

China is too big. Once any city is a capital, it will bring huge pressure to the surrounding environment. After a moment of prosperity, it will eventually decline. Chang'an, Luoyang, and Kaifeng are all like this. If Beijing continues to be a capital for hundreds of years, I am afraid that the forests in the mountains will not be retained.

With trains and telegrams, the geographical location of the capital is no longer as important as before. On the contrary, population carrying capacity has become the most important factor. From this point of view, Nanjing is undoubtedly more advantageous than Beijing, not to mention that in terms of developing oceans, Nanjing is far more convenient than Beijing. This is also the reason why Wang Fu has not re-designed Beijing as its capital.

More than 70 miles northeast of Funing County, a sound of horse hooves broke the tranquility of the mountains and fields, and dozens of knights appeared in the wilderness.

"Your Majesty, there is a stone in front of you." A knight pointed forward and said to an old man about fifty years old in the middle.

This old man is Emperor Hongguang. The emperor's real age is sixty-five. Because he is well maintained, he still looks like a fifty-year-old man, riding on a horse without looking old at all.

The emperor's carriage had been walking on the official road and was approaching Shanhaiguan. No one expected that the emperor himself would only bring dozens of followers, light clothes and casual clothes to the place where the Qing Dynasty fought against the peasant army in the past.

"Oh." The emperor looked up and looked forward. A winding Great Wall appeared in front. On the Great Wall, you could see several long-desolated Guanchengs. The emperor pointed to one of the Guanchengs and said, "Let's go there and take a look."

"Abide by the order."

The sound of horse hooves sounded again, and the group quickly climbed to the Guancheng, which the emperor pointed out. The Guancheng was built into a round platform, all built with stone and blue bricks, more than nine meters high. On the top of the mountain, a green pine stood out from the gap between the blue bricks, looking at the age of at least ten years.

After the Battle of Yi Piece of Stone, neither the Jurchens nor the Ming Dynasty regarded this place as an important pass, and the road leading to the outside of the pass was dozens of miles away from it. Thirty years later, the battlefield of the past has become a wilderness.

Standing on this round platform, the scene in the distance is completely unobstructed. Below the round platform is an open land, with weeds growing on the ground. Among the weeds, rusty weapons and bones can be seen vaguely. In the distance, there are green mountains barriers, which can hide 100,000 people.

Since its establishment, this city of Guancheng has withstood many attacks by the Mongols and Jurchens. There are traces of swords and swords everywhere on the city walls. The bright red blood penetrated into the city walls, dyeing the blue bricks black.

Looking at the wilderness ahead, Wang Fu seemed to see the scene of tens of thousands of troops strangling each other twenty-eight years ago. It was a battle that determined the fate of hundreds of millions of people. Just as the peasant army and Wu Sangui's army were fighting endlessly, the Jurchens who were raising their energy roared out of the mountains and easily defeated the tired peasant army. Due to the obstacles of the city, the already failed peasant army could not find a way out and had to die one by one under the Jurchens' sword and arrow.

Perhaps Li Zicheng was standing on this pass at that time to command the battle, witnessing his elite troops being killed by the Jurchens like pigs and dogs. He left the Jurchens in the heart of this chaotic hero who had no choice but to withdraw from the capital, with only a few places and hundreds of thousands of troops, but he did not have the courage to fight with the Jurchens again.

Memories of the previous life flowed through the heart one by one. For the current emperor, the memories of the past are more like a dream of hundreds of years. It was this dream that prevented the Ming Dynasty from suffering the same fate as in the dream.

"Why were you born in the imperial family?" This was the mourning that Chongzhen raised his sword and slashed at his daughter. Thinking about the fear he was when he first ascended the throne, Wang Fu couldn't help but feel extremely moved.

"Yang Lin, do you think I am a qualified emperor?"

Yang Lin was surprised when he heard this. He secretly looked at the emperor's face. Seeing that the emperor's face was peaceful, he plucked up his courage and said, "Why did the emperor ask this? If the emperor is not qualified, then who has ever dared to say that he is qualified?"

"Yes, how many emperors in ancient and modern times can really be qualified?" The emperor's voice was low and it seemed like he was talking to himself. Although Yang Lin could hear it clearly, he did not dare to answer again. This topic was really too sensitive.

"Your Majesty, should we go back? If the Shanhaiguan Guard cannot see the emperor, it may cause a storm." After a while, Yang Lin reminded in a low voice.

If it were before, even if the emperor was not in the team, he could have delayed for a few days. Now telegrams are spread all over the country, and the information is instantly wide. If the emperor's disappearance is spread, it will immediately cause an uproar.

"Okay, go back."

Following the emperor's order, everyone turned their horses' heads, quickly got off the round platform, and ran along the road where they came from.

Not far from Guancheng, two Taoist nuns stood on the ancient city wall and looked into the distance. They were graceful figures and looked like immortals from afar.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, the two turned their heads and showed two beautiful faces. If a man saw him at this time, he would definitely sigh that God was unfair. Why would such a beautiful woman be a Taoist nun?

When they saw that it was a team of blue-clad knights, they both showed a hint of curiosity on their faces. I don’t know who would come to this ancient battlefield like them to pay tribute.

"Senior sister, the person in the middle seems to be the emperor?" One of the Taoist nuns was sharp-eyed, but they were too far away, but they could not be sure.

"No, how could the emperor appear here even though he was clearly on the way to Shanhaiguan?" Another person rejected, turned his face and stopped paying attention.

The Taoist nun from the previous period seemed to be depressed. They happened to meet the emperor's carriage on the road they came. I thought it was impossible to meet the emperor here.

At the same time, Wang Fu and his party also discovered these two women in Taoist robes. They were still standing on the city wall when the two women appeared here and were still standing on the city wall. Although the guard Yu Linwei was curious, he ignored it. The group quickly disappeared from afar.

Twenty miles from Shanhaiguan, the emperor's car had stopped. Dong Na was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. The ministers had already urged him to set off several times. Dong Na had to refuse repeatedly. The officials of Shanhaiguan had already prepared the reception. Just like this, the emperor could not show his face.

However, if he fails to take up the journey, it will be troublesome to arouse suspicion from the ministers. The responsibility of the world depends on the emperor, but the emperor has left the brigade with dozens of light cavalry. What if there is danger? He, a Hanlin attendant, cannot escape the charge of not exercising his advice.

A gorgeous carriage drove to Dong Na, and the curtain was raised, and a young and charming face appeared from behind the curtain raised, and asked Dong Na, "Shi Duan Dong, has the emperor not come back yet?"

Dong Na was startled by the voice and felt relieved when he saw that it was Mei Zhaorong. Although the emperor was not called lustful when he first ascended the throne, he later did not call him lustful, but now there are still dozens of concubines in the palace. Mei Zhaorong has only been in the palace for a year and is only seventeen years old. Not only is she beautiful, she is also extremely smart and very happy. She has been promoted to Zhaorong, second only to the imperial concubine in just one year. This time the emperor took him with him on a tour.

"Goddess, the emperor has not come back yet." Dong Na replied bitterly. He did not have the courage to offend a concubine who was favored by the emperor.

Mei Zhaorong frowned slightly and said to herself: "If I had known, I would have learned how to ride a horse so that I could be with the emperor."

Dong Na felt very worried when he heard this. If he followed the emperor, he wouldn't have to be so embarrassed.

After a while, just as Dong Na was about to order the departure, the horse's hooves sounded. Dong Naru listened to the fairy music and hurriedly looked into the distance. Sure enough, he saw a team of blue-clothed knights chasing him from the back. The emperor was inside, but was stopped by Yulin, who was in charge of defense.

Dong Na was so anxious that he wanted to order the Yulin Guards who were intercepting him to release him immediately. Unfortunately, he had no right at all. Fortunately, the Yulin Guards who were intercepting him were released soon, and the emperor and his party came to him.

"I will meet the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor." Dong Na hurried over to greet him.

"Get up, Dong Aiqing, drafted an order and wrote the Fuping County Magistrate to record a stone monument, based on facts, and record the war situation at that time in detail. No changes are allowed to be made for future generations to pay tribute."

The emperor did not change his clothes first, but issued an order. Dong Na asked in confusion: "Master, is it the war between Chuang Ni and the Tartars?"

For Dong Na, such a war was just a fight between traitors and traitors and barbarians, and even if there were too many people who died, it would be meaningless.

"Yes, Chuang Ni has died. Although this Ni committed an unforgivable crime to the Ming Dynasty, he cannot erase his efforts to resist the alien race."
Chapter completed!