System, help me become the empress

Chapter 193
When she left the new medical pavilion, He Muqing felt groggy. What she saw with Xu Youxi during this period of time may be more exciting than the sum of all her experiences in the previous half of her life.

It was still early, and Xu Youxi took He Muqing to the teahouse to sit down and rest, planning to have a chat by the way.

"I've been to so many places these days, have you gained anything? If you were asked to write an article for a dry newspaper, how would you write it?"

The harvest is too much.

He Muqing didn't know where to start.

"Tell me what you saw." Xu Youxi skillfully began to pour tea and water.

"We went to Shengong Bureau, Shangjing University, Dagan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xinyi Pavilion..."

He Muqing carefully counted every place he had been to recently, and at the same time, all the experiences these days came to mind.

"The first thing I will take you to see is the Shenji Camp, which is the foundation of Dagan's dynasty and the most important weapon to protect Dagan; the invention of Shengong Bureau, followed by the birth of different types of factories, and finally to Qi The shop sells goods to the outside world; Xinyige and Daqian Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital complement each other and are indispensable; public schools, middle schools, and Shangjing University form a line to continuously transport talents for Daqian... This is standing in the country , The court’s perspective on these new things.”

"If you look at this from the perspective of the common people, the Shengong Bureau invented mirrors and matches, the factory gave ordinary people more choices for making a living, and the odd goods store made life convenient; with the emergence of traditional Chinese medicine hospitals, people don't have to worry about getting sick. There is no place to rule; the establishment of the school gives children from poor families a place to change their destiny."

"So how should you write an article in Gan Bao? You have to stand at a certain height and look down on the incident itself; you have to put your own level at a level that ordinary people can understand. The best articles are never piled up with rhetoric. Yes, but the four characters of Zhijian are both elegant and popular."

"Elegant and popular..."

He Muqing couldn't help repeating these four words.

"When the first issue of "Ganbao" first came out, Master Du was in Luzhou to provide disaster relief, because there was no way to buy newspapers there, so he wrote several times to scold Liu Jiye who was in Beijing. Liu Zhuangyuan's Not only illiterate people like to listen to and read the articles, but even Lord Du, who is in a high position, must read them every issue."

Xu Youxi personally taught He Muqing. In the entire court, she is probably the only one who can enjoy this kind of treatment.

"At the same time, the significance of the existence of dry newspapers is to ensure that the content of the newspaper is correct and instructive, in addition to helping the people understand the country's situation and the new policies of the imperial court."

"Do you know what Su Huaihe is writing recently?"

He Muqing listened intently: "I don't know."

"At the beginning of the snowstorm in the north, when the soldiers went to various places to deliver relief food, they rescued many homeless young children in the severely affected places. These children were temporarily taken in in Shangjing. After the snowstorm ended, most of these children were rescued by these Disaster relief soldiers or their families have been adopted. Su Huaihe is visiting these adopted children one by one recently, firstly to write articles on this aspect, and secondly to confirm the true status of these children after being adopted."

"This kind of article is an introductory article, leading the people to be kind. Su Huaihe's visits to each adopted family are also an expression of his kindness."

Because of Jin Yiwei's intelligence network, Xu Youxi can receive a lot of news every day, and she has a rough idea of ​​what the officials of the DPRK and China are doing recently.

"Then Mr. Liu has not been in Beijing recently, did he go out to write articles?"

"He went to the border of Mingmi country."

Liu Jiye was originally an extremely serious person, and since he started writing Ganbao, Du Zhiyi never arranged for him to handle chores of the household department, so he has more time and energy to devote himself to the newspaper business than Su Huaihe .

"I still have to learn from my predecessors."

"Well, take your time. It's getting late, you go back to rest first, I have to go back to the palace to approve the memorial."

He Muqing couldn't help but said: "It's so hard... When will the memorial be approved?"

"If there is no extra work, it will take an hour or two at most."

After separating from Xu Youxi, He Muqing returned to her residence and began to practice how to write articles again and again.

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At this time, Liu Jiye, who was staying at the border of Mingmi Kingdom, was having a hard time. In order to collect more real information, he followed the "vaccination team" into the interior of Mingmi Kingdom.

The situation here is far worse than Liu Jiye imagined. Even though the purpose of these doctors was to vaccinate the local people against smallpox, the Mingmi people didn't appreciate it at all, and even tried different methods to expel them.

Liu Jiye spent a few days and finally figured out the whole story.

It turned out that the king of Mingmi Kingdom allowed the people below to slander Dagan, and kept saying that this time Mingmi’s people were infected with smallpox because Dagan deliberately poisoned Mingmi. medicine.

However, their great monarch reluctantly agreed because he was worried about the life and death of ordinary people.

The army here in Dagan almost died of anger when they heard these words. This king Mingmi is talking nonsense. He is still great. When he ordered the city to be closed and burned, why didn’t he say that he was concerned about the country and the people, and that he was considerate of the people? Woolen cloth!

"In my opinion, don't continue to go to Ming Mi, I will write to His Majesty."

A frontier general was the first to be unable to hold back his mouth. According to him, being angry with these bastards every day is better than meeting soldiers to relieve the anger!

"Forget it, the two countries have negotiated, and we can't make it difficult for His Majesty."

"General, if you think about it, 100 million ingots of gold are enough to develop the Shengong Bureau for more than ten years. It can also be used to feed the poor children in public schools. The cities and counties can have money to build roads and repair ships. In short, what are you doing?" It's all right...we will suffer a little, and the lives of the common people will be much better."

"Yeah, aren't we just trying to make Dagan people live a better life!"

"But the people of Mingmi Kingdom are so worthless! We went to save people with good intentions, but they only wanted our doctor to die. Even the seven or eight-year-old child this morning had a kitchen knife on him. If the soldiers didn't react Hurry up, our doctor almost fell into their trick!"

On the border of Yunnan, the emotions of both the soldiers and the doctors of the Xinyi Pavilion gradually got a little out of control, mainly because the Mingmi people's behavior was too bad.

"It is said to pay 20 ingots of gold first. Look, how long has it been? We haven't even seen the shadow of gold."

"In my opinion, it's better to send troops to kill him! What Mingmi country, just change its name to Dagan Mingmi County in the future."

"Don't worry, this kind of troublemaker in the backcountry doesn't even look down on them if they work hard. What else can they do except that their mines are still useful."

Liu Jiye didn't participate in the discussion, so he just sat quietly in the corner of these soldiers and wrote and wrote. After getting along these days, he became familiar with the soldiers, and at the same time, his dislike for Ming Mi's country became more and more serious.

Every time I see the hardships of life for the people of Mingmi Kingdom, it also makes everyone have a stronger sense of belonging to Dagan.

In a word, everyone scolds, but insists on taking a huge risk to inject smallpox vaccine to these Mingmi people.From time to time, soldiers or doctors will be attacked. Fortunately, everyone is very vigilant towards Mingmi people, and the most serious injury is flesh and blood.

This kind of hard life lasted until the end of July, and even the weather gradually became hot and dry.

However, just when the doctor of Xinyige finished vaccinating most of the Mingmi people, everyone thought that they had reached the last juncture and would be able to return to their hometown soon.The border side suddenly received news from the court of the Ming Dynasty, saying that the 20 gold they planned to pay Dagan was hijacked by their peasant uprising army and ran away. Now they can do nothing unless Dagan first assists them to suppress Only these peasants can give the gold to Dagan.

This kind of behavior is tantamount to breaking the contract. To put it seriously, they are fooling Dagan as a fool!
If it wasn't for the reason that they were still waiting for His Majesty's imperial decree from Shangjing, these soldiers guarding the frontier would have been so angry that they would have rushed over to teach Mingmi to be a new man with swords and guns.

"General, should we fight or not? Did you get a letter from Shangjing?"

"General, how long do we have to endure?"

"General..."

On the day when the imperial decree from Shangjing was sent back, everyone quickly gathered together, and everyone raised their hearts, fearing that they would miss any order from His Majesty.

"Your Majesty wrote a letter, saying... not to fight."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts seemed to sink to the bottom of the sea, and even a few soldiers wiped their eyes vigorously, as if they were afraid that tears would fall directly.

"Why don't you fight?"

"Why don't you fight!"

They would rather die on the battlefield than be humiliated by it all day long!

"Impossible. Your Majesty must have a reason for her arrangement. Did the imperial decree say anything else?"

Liu Jiye couldn't believe that this was His Majesty's instruction, but he had an inexplicable belief in his heart.

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, she must have other better arrangements.

The soldier delivering the letter wiped the dust off his face before finishing the second half of the sentence out of breath: "Your Majesty asked me to tell everyone that she has her own way. Within seven days, Mingmi Kingdom will definitely take all the 20 gold. offer."

is it possible?

In just seven days, the rogue Mingmi Kingdom can be changed without fighting?

Everyone fell silent almost at the same time, until someone spoke first.

"Wait, I trust Your Majesty."

Liu Jiye was exceptionally calm. After he finished speaking, he found another place to sit down.

"It's cheap for the bastards of Ming Mi Kingdom!"

"General, please don't be angry. Your Majesty has also sent a message to the troops transferred from Lianghu and Jingzhou, telling them to prepare for the battle. Your Majesty means that if Ming Mi's gold is not seen after seven days, the war will officially start. "

"We have endured for more than a month, and we still care about the last seven days?"

……

But what exactly was Xu Youxi thinking?
"General He should have received the imperial edict."

Xu Ling who was standing beside him counted the time and nodded, "It's almost there."

"That's fine."

"Your Majesty, there is a lot of complaints in Yunnan because you didn't go to war." Xu Ling couldn't help reminding.

"I also know, but even if you really want to fight, you have to choose the method with the least cost."

"The most clear-headed thing in the entire Mingmi country is their local peasant uprising army. Now they suddenly say that the gold was stolen by the uprising army on their own initiative. Is it a fool to think of Dagan? It is obvious that they are using Dagan to help them suppress the uprising. The army's idea is simply wishful thinking."

"I have greeted several small countries near Mingmi Kingdom a long time ago, and warned them that they must not take in the leader of Mingmi Kingdom under any circumstances, or they will bear the consequences. The monarch of Mingmi Kingdom has also settled down for a while since then. Time, but now suddenly wanting to bargain with Dagan without fear of death, there must be other support behind him."

"Your Majesty thinks there is a country backing Ming Mi?" Xu Ling asked.

Most of the surrounding countries of Dagan are mainly dependent countries, and the remaining countries that have not become subordinate countries of Dagan absolutely dare not provoke Dagan easily.

In addition, in the past few years, with the frequent business exchanges of strange goods shops, there has been a faint trend of "big work is respected" by all countries.

"What other choice does he have? Nine times out of ten, he intends to rely on sea donations to escape, and I will make him give up completely."

Xu Ling came to his senses: "Your Majesty intends to ask General He to stop Ming Mi's sea area to prevent their monarch from escaping?"

"You might as well make a bold guess."

"..."

Why does His Majesty always ask him to guess?

The point is that he never guessed it right!
"I asked General He to directly attack the Mingmi sea area and occupy the coastal cities and counties of Mingmi in the shortest possible time. At the same time, he privately contacted the local peasant uprising army and united them to force the royal family."

"Doesn't the monarch of Mingmi Kingdom like to play back and forth? Then I will imitate him once. Even if they admit their mistakes and hand over all the gold, they will not retreat. They will always keep the sea area blocked and wait to see what happens to them." Let the Peasant Rebel Army continue to play well."

"The steam warship has been built, and I just want to cheer it up with Minmi."

The 'Chongxi' that Xu Youxi spoke of did not intend to make Ming Miguo pay the price.

Two days later.

Two huge steel steamships set off from the Dagan sea area, and sailed majestically to the doorstep of Mingmi country.

The grand declaration of war begins!
Most of Ming Mi's military force is guarding the inland border, who knows that Dagan will be the first to attack their sea area.Mingya's warship was caught off guard.

With the powerful guns and ammunition, Ming Mi's ordinary military ships couldn't stand it at all. He Jiangyi only felt that he hadn't started to flex his muscles, and the opponent had already dropped his weapons and surrendered.

If it wasn't for He Jiangyi's confidence in the strength of the steam warship, he would have suspected that these Mingmi people were deliberately pretending to be defeated, thus luring the enemy in.

In just one stick of incense, Daqian's steamship army defeated the defense of the Mingmi Kingdom's waters;
After another incense stick, General He Jiangyi successfully landed and occupied the coastal cities and counties. Local officials and rich businessmen ran away after hearing the news.

He Jiangyi deeply doubts whether it is necessary for him to collude with the local rebel army now...

According to the current trend, it won't take long for him to break into Ming Mi Imperial City.

(End of this chapter)