I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

In order to get Ming Dynasty's new artillery, Catherine worked hard. She even offered to use herself as a bargaining chip. When Cheng Shijie met Catherine, she was 15 years old. Now Catherine is 22 years old and her figure has become even hotter.

Yang Yuniang smiled disapprovingly and said, "Do you think you can escape by running away?"

"This one……"

Catherine was now riding a Dutch warmblood horse. She was very fast and soon caught up with Cheng Shijie's carriage. Although Cheng Shijie did not let the carriage stop, Catherine jumped directly from the horse into the carriage.

Catherine jumped on the four-wheeled carriage, opened the door and came in. She complained to Cheng Shijie with an unhappy look on her face: "Your Majesty, how could you not wait for me?"

"The state affairs are busy, I must go to Liaodong immediately!"

"Your Majesty the Emperor, you really have no gentlemanly manners at all!"

"I'm not a gentleman, I want to behave like a gentleman!"

Catherine has the shrewdness of a Jewish profiteer, the eloquence of a litigator, and unparalleled patience and tenacity. Once she has determined her goal, she will be unyielding and will do whatever it takes to achieve her goal, and she will never give up until she reaches her goal!
Catherine has long been interested in Ming Dynasty's most advanced artillery and has been pestering Cheng Shijie to buy it, but how can such a military weapon be taught to others!He refused many times, but this Catherine tried various tricks to get him to let go...

Cheng Shijie had a headache when he saw Catherine.

Catherine pulled Yang Yuniang and said: "Your lover is so abominable. He deliberately avoided me and didn't wait for me if he wanted to return to Liaodong! Fortunately, I was well-informed and chased him in time. Otherwise, he would really have been left hanging in Beijing. Oh...sister, can we go back to Liaodong together?"

Yang Yuniang has a supportive attitude towards Catherine. Neither Zhu Weiti nor him, nor Jin Qiaoer, nor Yang Waner can handle Cheng Shijie. If Catherine can handle it, it is also a good choice.

Yang Yunniang smiled and said: "You are already catching up. We can't push you back, right? Let's go together. By the way, when did you come back? You didn't even notify me in advance."

Catherine glared at Cheng Shijie: "I'll inform you in advance, and then someone will leave early? Humph, I saw through him!"

Cheng Shijie rubbed his nose and smiled bitterly: "Listening to what you said, I look like a heinous villain!"

Catherine said unceremoniously: "It's not necessarily heinous, but it's definitely outrageous!"

Yang Yuniang said: "Catherine, you just came back from Europe, right? How is it over there?"

Catherine sighed: "Killing, death, destruction, castles were slaughtered one by one, a large number of old, weak, women and children left their hometowns in tears and fled into the distance, birds and beasts were driven crazy by the burning woods... To be honest, I never knew what happened. War can be so cruel and bloody!"

Yang Yunniang has long been accustomed to it: "Isn't this what war is all about?"

Catherine shook her head: "No, it turns out that European wars are not like this! Most of the time, European wars are more like games between nobles, an arena where knights gain honor. We will not deliberately massacre a large number of castles, we will not We will drive the old, weak, women and children on a migration path of blood and tears, and we will even treat the captives with courtesy. In Europe, prisoners of war can celebrate festivals with their captors and participate in various celebrations..."

Yang Yunniang was stunned: "Are you playing house?"

"No, this is because our European warriors are full of chivalry, taking protecting the weak as their own duty, and respecting their enemies more, including those they have defeated. This is a war between knights!"

Catherine was very frustrated and said: "Now everything has changed, it has become strange and scary!"

"What bullshit chivalry!"

Cheng Shijie said with disdain: "You were like this before, right? The knights launched the Crusades, first massacred Antioch, then Jerusalem, and finally sent troops to attack Byzantium, which also believed in Christianity, under the banner of attacking pagans. Destroyed... By the way, in the war to destroy Byzantium, the Venetians still took the lead!"

Catherine turned her head around and glared at Cheng Shijie, her lips moving as she wanted to argue, but she didn't know how to defend herself.

After a long time, she gritted her teeth and said: "The Crusades spanned three centuries. That was a long time ago. At that time, chivalry had not yet become popular!"

"Okay, let's not talk about what happened a long time ago, but let's talk about what happened in the past few decades. The Spanish Empire invaded the Inca Empire. They massacred the Inca Empire. Countless cities and villages in the Inca Empire with tens of millions of people were destroyed by the Spaniards. Massacre them all!”

"That's Spanish!"

"The Dutch are also massacring us Ming people, the Spaniards are massacring us Ming people in Luzon, and they are massacring the natives in Southeast Asia!"

"This……"

Catherine had nothing to say.

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "In the final analysis, the so-called chivalry in Europe is only for your own people. There is no way. Except for Russia, the whole of Europe is only so big. Countries intermarry with each other. Maybe the commander-in-chief of the enemy is... The grandson of our queen, our emperor is the nephew of the enemy's royal family, they are all members of our own family, how can we kill him?"

Catherine thought about it carefully, and it seemed that was really the case.

Cheng Shijie continued: "When facing the natives of the Middle East, America, and Southeast Asia, you never talk about chivalry. If you really write down all the good deeds they have done, it is simply..."

Catherine was well aware of this, and she wanted to defend herself but didn't know how to defend herself. She could only shout angrily: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as a mute!"

Cheng Shijie shrugged and said nothing.

Catherine hated Cheng Shijie with all her teeth, but there was nothing she could do against him. She still had to buy cannons from Cheng Shijie. Moreover, the cannons Cheng Shijie sold to her were almost like garbage. The Battle of Nanjing had made her fully aware How rubbish were the cannons that Cheng Shijie sold her at a high price? For the long-term interests of the Venetian City-State Republic, she must do everything possible to buy these advanced cannons, even one!
Therefore, Catherine was generous enough not to argue with Cheng Shijie.

Catherine happily talked to Yang Yuniang about what she saw and heard in Europa, and of course the gossip about the Europa royal family, who cuckolded whom, and who became the Duchess's pillow.Maria found a few more mistresses and so on.

Cheng Shijie also listened with great interest. It was indeed a characteristic of the corrupt country.

Yang Yunniang chatted for a long time before changing the subject: "Catherine, what are your plans next?"

Catherine glanced at Cheng Shijie and said, "What other plans can I have? Keep working hard and do the things that the Governor has asked me to do. Can I still be lazy?"

Yang Yuniang also glanced at Cheng Shijie and wanted to laugh inexplicably: "I think it will be difficult for you to handle this matter." Catherine said fiercely: "I don't believe this evil!"

Cheng Shijie said expressionlessly: "You'd better give up as soon as possible. Selling you a cannon is absolutely impossible. Even if you pester me again, I won't let go."

"Don't interrupt, I'm not talking to you!"

……

Liaodong, Jinzhou, the original Ning Navy General Palace has now become the Guangping Palace. Although Cheng Shijie has no intention of the palace, the problem is that Zhu Weiti, as the Guangping Princess, cares about it very much.

Now the Ming Dynasty has not determined a formal capital. Cheng Shijie not only regarded Nanjing, Chang'an, Luoyang, Jinzhou and Beijing as the five capitals.

Of course, this is only temporary. In fact, Cheng Shijie has thought about moving the capital. But the problem is that for now, Beijing is the best location for the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Nanjing cannot take care of the north, and Jinzhou cannot take care of the northwest, Luoyang and Chang'an. There is no way to take care of the ocean at the same time.

Therefore, Beijing is the best place at present. Therefore, the cabinet and other ministries are located in Beijing, which is equivalent to acquiescence in Beijing as the capital. It is just that Cheng Shijie did not build the Bauhinia City Palace.

However, using Jinzhou as one of the companion capitals gave the Liaodong Management Committee a reason and excuse to expand Jinzhou. Although the original General Military Mansion occupied an area of ​​more than [-] acres, as a General Military Mansion or as a prince's palace As a palace, this is more than enough, but as a royal palace, or a royal palace, it is a bit shabby.

It’s not like Cheng Shijie is inferior to Chongzhen, right?

In this way, after nearly two years of expansion, the current area of ​​Guangping Palace has more than doubled, and the largest area of ​​expansion is actually Cheng Jiayue's zoo.

Originally, there were only two giant pandas in this zoo. Seeing that the little princess Cheng Jiayue liked animals, local officials came to give gifts, including four elephants. When Shen Qidong explored Australia, he brought back ten more A few kangaroos, platypuses, and koalas.

Although the zoo covers an area larger and larger and is built more and more luxuriously, the problem is that Cheng Jiayue rarely sees a smile on her face.

No matter whether it was a new gadget or a small animal, such as a peacock, a swan or even a golden monkey, they could not attract Cheng Jiayue's interest. Seeing that Cheng Jiayue was unhappy, Cheng Jialong comforted Cheng Jiayue.

"Jia Yue, what's wrong with you?"

"I miss my mother!"

Cheng Jiayue now knows that she appeared in the time and space of Ming Dynasty, and also vaguely knows about traveling through time and space. However, she hopes to live with Xiang Hui, her biological mother.

Cheng Jialong spread his hands and said helplessly: "Actually, there's nothing I can do about it. Although I've gone back many times, I can't go back by myself. I have to let my father take me back!"

"Can you ask dad to take me back?"

"can!"

Cheng Jialong smiled and said: "When dad comes back, let dad take you back!"

Finally coaxing Cheng Jiayue, Cheng Jiayue decided to follow Cheng Jialong to enjoy the snow scenery and take a look at the animals raised here.Even though Cheng Jiayue comes here often, in fact, apart from playing with giant pandas, she really doesn’t see much of other animals.

Cheng Jialong is very worried now, because he vaguely feels that the reason why Cheng Shijie did not ascend the throne and became emperor is related to the rumored matter, that is, his mother Xiang Hui.

It has been almost seven years since Cheng Shijie came to this time and space. Even Yang Yunniang's adopted daughter Cheng Jiaxin is seven years old. However, the problem is that Cheng Shijie has no other children. Although he has many women in name, I don't know how Cheng Shijie tolerates it. .

As the eldest son of King Guangping, Cheng Jialong already had a woman.

His woman is Li Xiangjun, one of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai. The reputation of the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai is so great that even Cheng Jialong knows about it. Of course, the Eight Beauties of Qinhuai are very old. Liu Rushi is already 28, and Dong Xiaowan is older than Liu Rushi. One year old, already 29.Gu Hengbo is two years younger than Dong Xiaowan, also 27.

Ma Xianglan has died long ago, Chen Yuanyuan has not been found, and the only one found is Li Xiangjun. As for Kou Baimen and Bian Yujing, they have entered Cheng Shijie's sight. Cheng Jialong cannot compete with Cheng Shijie for women.

When he was not attacking Nanjing, he asked Gao Jie to go to Nanjing. At that time, Cheng Shijie was entering into land reform. People in Nanjing were panicked, and Gao Jie did not dare to act under the banner of Cheng Jialong.

However, the method he adopted was very simple and crude. He directly kidnapped 13-year-old Li Xiangjun, who was studying singing with Zhou Rusong, and took her to Liaodong. After arriving in Liaodong, he deliberately and vaguely wanted to sell Li Xiangjun.

Then, the guard guarding Li Xiangjun relaxed, and Li Xiangjun ran out. He met Cheng Jialong, the prince of Guangping, who was observing the people on the road. Cheng Jialong saw Li Xiangjun being chased by local ruffians, so he naturally took action decisively, without even letting the guards around him Take action.

Cheng Jialong punched the gangsters one after another, one against eight, and beat them until they screamed in agony. After learning that Li Xiangjun was kidnapped from Liaodong, Cheng Jialong, as the prince of Guangping, urged the Jinzhou Executive Committee to crack down on human trafficking. and kidnapping cases.

Women are all strong-willed. Although Li Xiangjun was adopted by her adoptive mother, the geisha Li Lizhen, the problem is that most of the people she came into contact with were scholars and weak scholars. After the kidnapping incident, Li Xiangjun felt that Bai Wuyi was a scholar, and someone like Cheng Jialong Talent is the most reliable thing.

Li Xiangjun also knew that it was impossible for her to become Cheng Jialong's wife due to her background, but as a concubine, it was the best destination.

In this way, Li Xiangjun became Cheng Jialong's concubine, and Zhu Weiti naturally did not interfere.

Li Xiangjun is a well-rounded man who is particularly good at serving others. Cheng Jialong finally realized the beauty of being a man.

Li Xiangjun took Cheng Jiayue to have a snowball fight. Of course, Li Xiangjun gave way to Cheng Jiayue at every turn, deliberately missing Cheng Jiayue and letting Cheng Jiayue hit her instead. This made Cheng Jiayue very happy.

While playing, Li Xiangjun saw Zhu Weiti walking over and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Meet the princess!"

Zhu Weiti looked at Cheng Jialong's dark circles and said, "Jialong, as a mother, I have to advise you to pay attention to moderation!"

Cheng Jialong was really aggrieved at this time. He was not a lustful person, just because he wanted to be a good emperor and had to learn too many things. During this period, he was even more tired than a senior high school student from politics classes and finance classes. , Law classes and various courses are already fully booked. Every day starts at dawn, studying, watching politics, and resting almost every day for less than six hours.

Now he finally understands a sentence: "If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight."

Whatever you do, you have to pay a price. (End of chapter)