Ming Empire

Chapter 220
Regarding the Northern Expedition, Cao Yue and Sun Chuanting had a very detailed discussion. The two chatted for at least three or four hours, and it ended after midnight.

Through this secret discussion, the two also reached a consensus on the matter of the Northern Expedition, the command of the new guards of the Ming Dynasty who stayed behind after the Northern Expedition led by Cao Yue, and how to deal with other affairs in the court.

The next day, Cao Yue had another private chat with Shi Kefa about the Northern Expedition, and after persuading Shi Kefa to support the Northern Expedition with his own point of view, Cao Yue went to Ma Shiying, Qian Qianyi, Lu Daqi, Gao Jie, Huang Degong, Liu Liangzuo et al.

These people expressed support for Cao Yue's proposal to lead the army to the Northern Expedition quickly, find a way to regain Beijing, and avenge the late emperor.They have no reason to object to this kind of thing, not to mention that these people are more or less controlled by Cao Yue, even if they have opinions, they dare not expressly object.

Gao Jie, Huang Degong, and Liu Liangzuo had other proposals. They all proposed to join the army in the Northern Expedition. They did not require to be able to command the army to fight. They just wanted to see how the new Ming guards fought and how effective they were.

Cao Yue finally agreed to the three people's proposal and asked them to go out with him as his senior staff.

After completing the matter, Cao Yue participated in the court meeting, and together with Sun Chuanting, he proposed to lead the army to the Northern Expedition, recover the lost land in the north, expel the Jiannu who occupied Beijing, and recapture the capital of the Ming Dynasty from Jiannu. Proposal.This proposal was supported by most of the ministers who participated in the court meeting, and soon the court made a decision to send a large army to the north to crusade against the Jiannu who had entered the customs and regain Beijing.

After the decision of the Northern Expedition was passed by the court, the Dudu Mansion was authorized to take charge of this expedition, and the specific date of the expedition was also determined by the Dudu Mansion.

Although the court meeting was just a formality, no matter what, the Northern Expedition was going to be carried out, but the hundreds of officials at the court meeting did not have too many disputes, and almost one-sidedly agreed to the Northern Expedition to establish slaves and recover the capital, which made Cao Yue quite happy.

But some people are not happy about this, and that is not Cao Yue's wife, Aimee Zhu who has been renamed Princess Kunxing.

Since coming to Nanjing, Cao Yue has been busy most of the time, not in the mansion, and Auntie Zhu doesn't even have many chances to meet Cao Yue, let alone get along with each other intimately.But Auntie Zhu understands this, she knows that Cao Yue is busy with state affairs, and is not looking for flowers outside.

Now Cao Yue is in the high position of the Great Governor, and he is in charge of the Ming army. The war is still going on, and there are too many things to do.For Auntie Zhu, she is burdened with the hatred of the country and the family, and the only thing she can do is to fully support Cao Yue.

But after hearing that Cao Yue was going to lead the army to the Northern Expedition and regain Beijing, Zhu Wei couldn't help but change her face.Although Auntie Zhu also very much hopes that Cao Yue can avenge her father and emperor, and hopes that Daming's capital Beijing can recover, but as a mother, what she wants most is that her husband can be by her side and not do dangerous things , the family can stay together forever.She was very afraid that something might happen to Cao Yue, then the mother and son would have nothing to rely on.When Cao Yue, who rarely returned home once, talked about the expedition, Zhu Wei couldn't help crying.

"Brother Yue, you must be careful, and there must be no accidents, otherwise our mother and I will not be able to live!" Auntie Zhu threw herself into Cao Yue's arms regardless of the servants around her. Wept bitterly.

Cao Yue waved away the servants who were serving, and after the servants closed the door and left, he hugged Aimee Zhu tightly, and kept kissing her, comforting her while kissing, and kept assuring that he would return safely, without even a single hair on her face. No less.But this still couldn't comfort Aimee Zhu, she still kept sobbing and complaining, expressing her worries.

Auntie Zhu's sadness made Cao Yue feel distressed and felt guilty.Because during this period of time, he spent most of his time in the Yanziji military camp, and the Yanziji camp was a certain distance from Nanjing City. He was busy with military affairs and could not go back to his residence often. Many nights, Auntie Zhu could only guard the vacant room alone, while he was in the military camp. , but accompanied by several beauties, and now Chen Yuanyuan is taken as his own.

Cao Yue was a little worried that Auntie Zhu could not accept the fact that he had other women, and felt ashamed that he had neglected her to get close to other women.

In the end, Cao Yue comforted her very patiently, and stayed in the mansion overnight. She personally comforted Aimee Zhu several times in one night, which made Aimee Zhu extremely satisfied, and she didn't even have the strength to cry, so she went to bed at ease.I don't know if she figured it out, or Cao Yue's comfort made her satisfied. When she woke up the next day, Auntie Zhu had a very delicate and beautiful face, and she looked shy in front of Cao Yue, without any complaints.

Of course, when Cao Yue left the mansion and returned to the barracks, Auntie Zhu kept telling him to be careful after the expedition and not to take risks. She and her son waited for his safe return.Cao Yue naturally agreed nonchalantly, and joked that no one in the world who could take his life had yet appeared, and he would surely live to be a hundred years old, witnessing that Ming Dynasty turned from chaos to prosperity.

Cao Yue originally wanted to tell Auntie Zhu about Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Rushi, Dong Xiaowan and others, but after thinking about it, he gave up the idea. There is no hurry to tell her these things now, let's talk about it after the Northern Expedition is over.

The imperial court soon announced the military action of the Northern Expedition to recover the capital, and called on all people with lofty ideals to contribute to the recovery of the north and the capital.The imperial court once again promulgated the conscription order, hoping that the passionate young people would join the army to serve the country, devote themselves to the battlefield of killing the enemy, and use their own blood and life to compose a song of a good man of Ming Dynasty fighting for the country.

After the imperial court issued an edict to the world, the first issue of "Daming Guards Daily" was also officially published after the Great Ming King's division reclaimed the lost land during the Northern Expedition.

A total of [-] copies of this [-]-page newspaper were published, and the content in it was edited by Chen Yuanyuan, Dong Xiaowan, and Liu Rushi. The layout and illustrations were all their masterpieces.The headline on the front page is an article written by Cao Yue to crusade against Jiannu and rogue bandits. The Imperial Guards of the Ming Dynasty will never tolerate Jiannu and bandits making trouble in the Central Plains and occupying Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.All the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Guards will definitely regain the lost ground,
The "Military Song of the Ming Dynasty Guards" "written" by Cao Yue was also published under the call to action.The other pages are full of passionate and passionate articles. There are soldiers' eagerness to regain lost ground as soon as possible and avenge the late emperor. There are also descriptions of their usual training situations. Many situations of the Ming Dynasty Guards are introduced.Several women fully understood Cao Yue's meaning and produced a military report that Cao Yueting was satisfied with.

Soon, this bloody and passionate revenge spread from the barracks, and countless people circulated it.Because there are not many newspapers distributed among the neighbors, but there are many people vying for them, the price is quickly raised, and even a newspaper is less than ten taels of silver.

With the Northern Expedition, "Daming Guards Daily" quickly approached people's vision, and the mass circulation of the military newspaper also made the Ming Dynasty Guards more familiar and understood by the common people. After reading the newspaper, more passionate young people After that, he started to serve the country by joining the army and joined the Ming Dynasty Guards.

The third issue of "Daming Guards Daily" was a special issue of the Northern Expedition. After the publication of this issue of the military newspaper, Cao Yue also led the army to leave the Yanziji camp and pledged to the Northern Expedition.

(End of this chapter)