Daming heir

The time was in the ninth month, and the year was in Wuyin.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, on the vast Guanzhong Plain.

A giant steel dragon exhales thick white smoke, making its body looming in mystery. The dragon's roar was like thunder. On both sides of the long and endless railway track, there was an outpost every few dozen miles, silently guarding the dragon's progress.

On the ancient Guanzhong Plain, the future began to look like.

This is the section of the Ming Dynasty's Western Railway that was completed. The Ming Dynasty's latest steam trains are transporting the most powerful soldiers in the world to the west of the empire day and night.

It’s getting colder in Guanzhong in September. The speed of the train carries the cold air in Guanzhong, hitting people's faces with a biting coldness.

However, even so, it could not stop the Beijing soldiers in the carriage from opening the doors on both sides and enjoying the scenery of Guanzhong.

In order to ensure transportation capacity, the Western Railway Company increased the number of coal carriages at the rear of each steam locomotive from one to two.

Behind are dozens of troop carriages.

Behind the troop transport carriages, there were carriages containing artillery, war horses, or supplies of grain and ordnance.

The entire completed section of the Western Railway is transporting the empire's armed forces at a speed of one train every hour.

The Western Railway starts from Henan Prefecture on Henan Road, passes through Tongguan, enters Shaanxi Road, passes through Xi'an Prefecture, and passes through Fengxiang Prefecture.

Today, this railway in the western part of the Ming Empire has been built to Longxi City, Gongchang Prefecture.

One train can transport two soldiers from Qianhusuo and all their war horses and ordnance.

Twelve trains are shipped every day, which can transport the soldiers and horses of the Four Guards to the northwest.

After five days of journey, we arrived from Henan Prefecture outside Longxi City of Gongchang Prefecture.

The Shaanxi Daodu Commandery Division has taken over the railway station in the Longxi city section of Gongchang Prefecture.

Countless officers, soldiers and civilians have already built a military transfer center around the station.

The arriving officers and soldiers got off the bus and went directly into the barracks that were being built in a hurry. Waiting for the people from the Shaanxi Daodu Commandery Division to unload the supplies on the train, they will continue to set off towards the Kansai Seven Guards defense area on the next day.

The next part of the road will be a long journey.

Starting from Gongchang Prefecture, the army needs to pass through Lintao Prefecture, Zhuanglangwei, Liangzhouwei, Yongchangwei, Shandanwei, Gansu Town, Gaotaisuo, Zhenyisuo, Suzhouwei, and exit Jiayuguan to Guanxi Qiwei.

A large army riding on horseback can arrive at a gallop within twenty days.

However, the huge amount of ordnance, especially the thousands of new horse-drawn artillery and the ammunition they were equipped with, as well as various types of firecrackers, had to slow down the advance of the army.

In the plan of the Metropolitan Government.

If the troops and horses sent out from the capital can reach the Seventh Guards of Kansai in November before the sky is filled with ice and snow and the road is blocked by heavy snow, it will be regarded as completing the first step of the military plan for the Western Expedition.

But in fact, according to the lowest bottom line of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, as long as the Beijing army can reach the Kansai Seven Guards before the arrival of the first year of Yongsheng and enter the camp built by the Kansai Seven Guards, it will be considered a success.

And precisely because of the comparison of the completed sections of the Western Railway, this time it was invisible, giving the civil and military officials above the court the most direct and profound understanding.

Railways must be built vigorously.

And not just a western railway!

This time the Western Expedition transferred the empire's military power through railways, making it difficult for the officials in the court who originally complained about waste to accept the reality.

Only after all new things come into play can these people see the true value.

Then these people immediately changed direction.

After Ying Tianchaotang recently obtained information on the transshipment of the western railways, these officials have become the mouthpieces of strong support for the empire to speed up the construction of more railways.

Xia Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, is surrounded by people every day, trying to find out how much budget the Ministry of Revenue team can give for the construction of the imperial railway.

They don't dare to go to the Ministry of Industry.

After all, the errands of the Ministry of Industry are currently being handled by the cabinet's deputy assistant, Xie Ge.

The change of wind direction above the court is always so changeable.

And this has nothing to do with Zhu Yunxi, who is already in the west.

"The Shaanxi Daodu Command and Envoy Department did a great job this time."

Zhu Gaochi, who was accompanying the Western Expedition, looked at the continuous barracks and cargo warehouses outside the station and said something in appreciation.

Zhu Shangbing was not far away, surrounded by a group of Shaanxi Dao Sansi and officials from his family's Qin Prince's Palace.

Zhu Yunxi said silently: "Send a letter to Yingtian and give rewards to all departments of Shaanxi Province."

Zhu Gaochi nodded, this is what should be done.

The Western Expedition has begun. The Ming Dynasty will regain the Western Regions, conquer Tubo, and then turn the plateau into a rockery in the empire's back garden.

All of this is inseparable from the fact that Shaanxi Road, as the rear, fully carries out the heavy task of logistics transportation and supplies.

In the imperial court's plan, Shaanxi Province and Henan Province will also jointly undertake the plan to relocate people from Henan Province and Shandong Province.

After the Western Expedition begins, a large number of people from Henan Province and Shandong Province will be moved to the Kansai Seven Guards and the subsequently recovered lands in the Western Regions.

With the experience and lessons learned from the loss of Anxi in the former Tang Dynasty, the current imperial court already has a mature plan for how to govern the Western Regions.

Among all plans, the most important one is to move a large number of Central Plains people to the Western Regions to fill the number of Han people in the Western Regions, and ultimately transform the Western Regions into an imperial territory dominated by Han people.

Once the plan started, today's Daming Dynasty began to operate closely and intensively.

Zhu Gaochi followed Zhu Yunxi and stood beside the railway. Several officials from the Third Division of Shaanxi Road accompanied them behind them.

Zhu Yunxi looked at Xiaohan who was surrounded by many Shaanxi officials with a smile on his face.

Although the Qin Palace is only in Xi'an, as the second son of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the Qin Palace has huge potential political influence on the entire clan and court.

Especially among the whole country, only the King of Qin could kill people for the royal family without any scruples.

Everyone is afraid of murder and beheading.

But Qin King Zhu Xiang had the power to kill and behead without any scruples, as long as he was willing to say a word in the royal family.

Even if he is just a small county magistrate, he can be promoted immediately tomorrow.

It is natural for officials of Shaanxi Province to please Zhu Shangbing, the eldest son of King Qin.

On the other side, Chang Jizu, who finally received his errand after graduating for a long time, was directing the officers and soldiers to unload the goods beside the train.

This matter did not need to be handled by him, the Central Military Staff of the Western Expedition Army Staff Headquarters, but there were many firearms that the Western Expedition Army relied on and had high hopes for. Chang Jizu did not trust others to handle it, so he led his team to unload the goods.

Neither Zhu Yunxi nor Zhu Gaochi moved.

It wasn't until all the officers and soldiers on the train got off that the door of a car in the middle was slowly opened.

Alia, the little Hu Ji from Timur, walked out of the carriage under the supervision of several female officials from the East Palace.

This woman has learned well now.

With her beautiful face full of exotic charm, she was wearing a Ming Dynasty woman's double-breasted coat, an indigo horse-faced skirt, and a pair of Ruyi lotus embroidered shoes, and she walked down from the train with a light body.

Surrounding Aaliya, in addition to the female officers, there was also a group of strong men from Nanzhen Fusi in Jinyi Guards.

One is to protect this little Hu Ji, and the other is to keep strict supervision.

Since Timur wanted to march eastward, and he wanted to be like his fathers and march to the Central Plains, it was impossible to send only Alia and his team.

True.

Before the army set off for this expedition, the Jinyi Guards and Secret Guards uncovered several groups of spies sent by Timur in Yingtian City.

In the war with Timur, Ming Dynasty actually did not make any endless plans.

Treat people from the Western Regions and the Middle East.

Daming only made a plan. With military power that spanned the ages, he conquered the entire Western Region.

Thanks to Zhu Yunxi’s vigorous promotion in recent years.

The Jin Yiwei, who were originally the royal minions inward, began to unite with the secret guards and expand outward.

Money buys, beauty seduces.

Do everything to extremes.

The result was that Ming Dynasty began to have a clearer understanding of the external environment.

This is a world where only Ming Dynasty stands proudly.

When the Jin Yiwei generals arrived, there was a kingdom called Timur in the far west, which was preparing to conquer the Ming Dynasty. The ruling and opposition parties of the Ming Dynasty just laughed it off.

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At the official level of the Ming Dynasty, Timur was not an empire, but just a small country located in the Western Region and the Middle East.

"How useful can this woman be? We don't know yet, but we still need to prevent her from hiding evil intentions and passing on information to the outside world during the war."

Zhu Gaochi stared deeply at the little Hu Ji Alia who came down from the train, and said in a bad tone.

According to his idea, such a little Hu Ji could just be thrown into the East Palace.

Even if it doesn't have any effect, it can at least make the royal family look more like the Western Regions.

This is the empire.

Zhu Yunxi looked calm: "The imperial court wants to govern the Western Regions, naturalize the Middle East, and transform the Ganges Plain into another land of fish and rice in Huguang and Jiangnan. All of this requires unlimited energy in the future. If a woman with a local appearance comes forward, maybe our Planning will go more smoothly."

"Queen Alia?"

Zhu Gaochi locked his eyes on the little Hu Ji who was walking over, and glanced at Zhu Yunxi from the corner of his eye.

If he heard it correctly, he was planning to make this little Hu Ji the spokesperson of the Ming Dynasty in the Western Region and the Middle East.

A smile appeared on Zhu Yunxi's face: "If she can do what we hope, I wouldn't mind erecting a huge statue for her locally in the future."

"Miss Aaliyah, you are still so beautiful."

Zhu Gaochi paid his highest respect to Aaliya who walked up to them.

However, Xiao Huji Alia behaved well and saluted Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi according to the court etiquette of the Ming Dynasty.

This little Hu Ji who no longer exudes her natural charm all the time, uses her slender jade hands to hold orchid fingers and a silk handkerchief. Except for her face, everything is more like the little girl of the Ming Dynasty than the women of the Ming Dynasty.

"Aliya meets His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"I've met Prince Yan."

Zhu Gaochi's eyes twitched and he waved his hand: "How polite."

Aaliya did not stand up, but looked at Zhu Yunxi quietly with her big watery eyes.

Ever since she saw the young crown prince at the campus outside Yingtian City, and given an order, countless elite soldiers began to rush towards the Western Regions.

Aaliyah decided that only this person could realize her and her sister's wishes.

Follow the army all the way west.

Aaliya intuitively and profoundly realized the power of this mysterious Eastern empire.

They have warships that are as big as mountains, and they have steel dragons that can travel rapidly.

I heard that the artillery they carried with the army could easily turn a city into ruins.

Alia couldn't think of what Timur, who deserved to go to the eighteenth level of purgatory, could do to resist the attack of this powerful empire.

Zhu Yunxi looked calm and nodded: "Get up and rest early tonight. Tomorrow we will ride to the Seventh Guards of Kansai. The road is not easy to walk, so keep your spirits up."

This is what one of the three most powerful people in this Eastern Empire said.

According to the information Aaliya got in Yingtian, the old emperor of the Ming Dynasty had abdicated and no longer handled imperial government affairs.

The new emperor is the father of the young prince in front of him, and he has great approval and support for the new imperial policy proposed by him.

And this young prince had high hopes from the entire empire.

In a sense, what this person said is even more important.

Aaliyah obediently bowed again.

Then he took the female officer beside him and slowly took a few steps back. Then he turned around and walked towards the camp under the leadership of the officials of the camp here.

Aaliyah was sent away.

Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Gaochi were still waiting by the railway.

Since the end of the Northern Expedition, the imperial court has begun to gradually dismantle the nine-sided army.

Most of the Nine-Border Frontier Army later moved south one after another and became the main military force defending the capital.

This time for the Western Expedition, the troops deployed were mainly the soldiers who had been stationed on the nine sides.

In today's Yingtian City, there is such a joke.

It is said that these Beijing armies, which were reorganized mainly with soldiers from Jiubian going south, were the Central Field Army.

In the martial arts hall, most of the martial arts students who graduated were the first to be recruited into the Beijing Army.

The Metropolitan Governor's Office is planning to use the newly reorganized Beijing army as a link to expand and reorganize local guards officers and soldiers.

In the end, there is a high probability that the military household system that has been implemented in the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years will be completely ended.

All the ordnance supplies on the train have been unloaded.

The train also began to drive into the stopping point inside the station under the command of the railway instructor.

These trains need to pass maintenance before they can continue to return to Henanfu Station along the original route and continue to perform loading and transportation tasks.

Not long after.

From far away on the railway, there was another roar of a steam engine.

A new train arrived at the station outside Longxi City, fully loaded with officers and soldiers from the Western Expedition and various types of ordnance and food.

A new round of uninstallation tasks is about to begin again.

On the long western railway, countless trains were running at full speed one after another, bringing a new mode of war to the empire.

And to the west of Longxi City, a place where people can't see.

There are more road construction workers who have just stopped working and returned to the camp to eat and rest.

The order from the Deputy Minister of the Imperial Cabinet has already been issued.

The Empire now cannot transport everyone directly to the Kansai Seven Guards via rail. However, Ci Fu has issued a military order. When the army returns to the court in the future, it must board the train at the site of the Kansai Seventh Guards and take the train all the way to the other side of the capital.

Even, take a train directly across the Yangtze River and arrive at the capital camp.

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