More than twenty "maids" packed their luggage silently and gathered in the front hall. Fourteen Gege stood aside apologetically, looking at them friendly.
"Your Highness, take care."
The maids bowed deeply to her neatly.
Fourteen Gege also returned the gift solemnly:
"You guys should also take care... We are fighting now, so be sure to pay attention to safety when you go outside."
Watching all the maids disappear into the flower path in the front yard, an extreme excitement surged through Shirteen Gege's body.
An empty front hall, an empty nave, an empty back yard.
She yelled, spinning around in the empty hall, stretching her wide sleeves and dancing, shouting:
"Xiao Wu! Xiao Wu! Come out quickly, we are free! We are free!!"
Xiao Wu rushed out from behind, and Shi Shi Ge Ge hugged her. The two held hands and spun around wildly. Shi Shi Ge Ge laughed loudly, and Xiao Wu couldn't stop laughing. She hadn't seen Her Royal Highness the Princess so happy for a long time.
"Plop", both of them fell to the floor, Fourteen Gege was still laughing.
"Okay, from now on," Fourteen Gege sat up and the arrogant smile returned to his face, "I am still Fourteen Gege!"
Xiaowu got up, raised his face and asked excitedly:
"Then your highness the princess doesn't need to wear Hanfu anymore, right?"
"Hey, why don't you wear it? It looks pretty."
"Then can we wear kimonos?"
"Xiaowu, Xiaowu," Shi Shigege tapped her head and said with a smile, "Identity does not depend on what you are wearing, but what is in your head. Do you understand?"
Xiao Wu smiled and nodded.
"Go," Shi Shigege patted her butt, "bring me champagne! Let's drink it!"
"Hai!"
Xiaowu happily got up and ran to the back.
No one is watching anymore, it feels so good! Fourteen Gege lay on the floor like a child, resting his elbows on the brocade cushion and supporting his chin.
Her plan actually succeeded! The luckiest thing is that it was successful on the first try! Originally, she wanted to do it a few more times in a subtle way. It seems that Zhu Yourong is really a kind girl. She just pities those who were wrongly accused.
I am a female agent from Dongchang. I wonder if my future will be affected after I return.
He successfully drove Dongchang out of his home. Although he was replaced by people from the People's Guard, they were only bodyguards and the maids were ordinary. Moreover, when the People's Guard was first established, it was not as difficult to deal with as Dongchang. Of course,
There is another point, which may not be so important: Xiang Xiaoqiang is not as annoying as those female agents from Dongchang. Although this guy is very smart, he is a kind guy and a compassionate guy. Well, that is to say,
That guy is really not that annoying.
There was a coughing sound from behind.
Fourteen Gege turned around and saw Xiang Xiaoqiang, dressed in military uniform, standing at the entrance of the living room, taking off his coat, hat and gloves.
"Why, your Royal Highness, won't you invite me to sit down?"
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled, with the same sense of accomplishment as hers.
Fourteen Gege jumped up, stepped forward with a smile, took his coat with her own hands, and hung it on the hanger.
"Oh, how can this happen," Xiang Xiaoqiang was flattered, "Her Royal Highness the Princess personally... This is really embarrassing for me..."
Fourteen giggled and said:
"Haha, Mr. Xiang, please don't do this with me. I really want to thank you... Oh, you said that His Majesty had to replace all the maids, and it wouldn't be a big deal... Haha, now except for the little one,
Five, I don’t even have anyone on hand to order..."
Xiang Xiaoqiang walked slowly to the tea table with her, sat down and said with a smile:
"The new maids will probably be dispatched tomorrow, so today I have no choice but to grievance Your Highness. As for protecting the princess's palace, I dispatched two mobile platoons, more than fifty people, who are already outside and are settling in the servants' dormitories. They
Not only are they responsible for security work, but His Highness can also give them orders for any rough work in the future. My People's Guard soldiers, Your Highness, can rest assured that they will be loyal and disciplined. I have also told you that Your Highness's identity cannot be leaked. Save
Those paparazzi are looking for trouble... Besides, now that the war has begun, His Highness's identity may attract a lot of hatred..."
Shi Shi Ge Ge made a gesture, lowered his head and said:
"No need to say it, don't talk about this, let's not talk about this... I believe that Sir Xiang's guards can protect me."
After drinking a few glasses of champagne at the princess's residence, Xiang Xiaoqiang watched his guards settle down in the dormitory. After giving a lecture, he went into the house and said goodbye to Shi Shigege before leaving.
When he went out, Shi Shigege helped him put on his coat and handed him his hat and gloves. Xiang Xiaoqiang naturally put on his coat and hat and gloves. He woke up only when he went out and got in the car.
...Damn, what the hell is going on! Why does it feel so natural?
Anyway, the Fourteenth Princess is now under her control. The guards sent to the Princess Mansion must catch them frequently, and they cannot be allowed to turn into Fourteenth Princess over time. She is fully capable of this. It could have been
A rotation system is adopted, but now the number of people with knowledge must be controlled, and it can only be this group of people. It seems that it is safer to let several of his confidants take turns to come here to be the captain of the guard. And the "maid" of Dongchang
The difference is that these guards can only monitor the outside of the house and generally cannot enter the room. Alas, just leave the indoor space to her.
…
There were no large-scale attacks by the Qing army on this day. There were only sporadic air battles over the Yangtze River and over Nanjing. Both sides were testing each other's technology and wanted to find out the other's overall level.
The Ming army aircraft were in the south, and they could fight from south to north. They could always get out of the dazzling sunlight, which was cheaper. With this move, several Qing army aircraft were shot down. However, in the afternoon, the sun was westward,
Some pilots of the Qing Army also learned this trick, and some Ming Army aircraft were shot down. Generally speaking, the Ming Army aircraft had a slight advantage. In addition, the air battle was mainly conducted over Nanjing, and most of the Ming Army pilots who were shot down could
After receiving treatment, they would be able to fly again soon, but the Qing pilots who were shot down would never return.
It was almost eight o'clock in the evening, and the People's Guard headquarters was still brightly lit and busy. However, all the windows were tightly blocked with thick curtains.
Today is the first day of the war, and the headquarters is extremely busy. In the commander's office, Xiang Xiaoqiang and Qiu Qiu did not go to the restaurant to eat. Instead, they asked someone to bring food to them.
Answer the phone and sign orders.
"Oh, that's right," Xiang Xiaoqiang slapped his forehead and looked at the wall clock, "It's already eight o'clock. Come on, turn on the radio. His Majesty is addressing the nation!"
Qiu Qiu became energetic, ran to the wall, turned on the desktop radio, and asked:
"Is this the manuscript you wrote for His Majesty?"
"Haha, be strict with your mouth and don't talk about it everywhere."
…
In the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City, the broadcast microphone has been connected. The microphone is placed on the dragon table, a circular metal ring with a microphone in the middle.
The director of the radio station next to him had already debugged the line and tested the effect. Seeing that the pointer had reached eight o'clock, he put down the head of the record player next to him. After a burst of grand and elegant music, the director lifted the head.
The announcer stepped forward and said solemnly:
"Listeners, below is our beloved Majesty, speaking for us."
Then he bowed deeply to Zhu Yourong and stepped aside. Zhu Yourong smiled at him, stood in front of the microphone, glanced at the manuscript on the table, and said slowly:
"All the people of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers of the army and navy, today, on January 5, 1936 AD, the Qing captives attacked us..."
…
On the streets of Nanjing, pedestrians stopped one after another to listen to the voice coming from the loudspeaker high up.
In Xinjiekou Square, in front of the Memorial Monument for the Fall of Jiangbei, a large number of people and flowers gathered. People raised their heads and listened to the sounds coming from the loudspeakers around them.
The homes of Nanjing citizens and the dormitories of various universities were crowded with people in front of the radios, listening in silence.
In the reinforced concrete fortifications along the Yangtze River defense line, the artillerymen wearing helmets also listened to the sound of the loudspeakers above their heads. In the traffic tunnels connecting the various fortifications, the guards guarding the tunnels also listened to the sounds echoing in the tunnels.
…
"...But as you have seen, the so-called 'offensive' started with an hour-long intensive shelling of urban civilians, targeting unarmed people. In this hour, the northern part of Nanjing became...
... turned into a hell. All the buildings fell down, and all the buildings were engulfed in fire. Qinglu specially chose to bombard those innocent citizens in the early morning, when people were sleeping most soundly.
When they woke up, their home, their parents, wives and children were all buried in the burning ruins...
"Today, a steady stream of dead and wounded civilians have been carried out. Now in the east and south of Nanjing, the streets have been stretched out with tents, filled with the wounded who narrowly escaped with their lives under the bombardment. I arrived this afternoon
Visiting these tents, my heart still hurts even now. Those broken arms and limbs, the blurred flesh and blood... Some are already dying, and some are still screaming. But I know that their bodies are hurting,
My heart hurts even more! Even if they managed to escape from the ruins, they already have no home and no relatives... I have just received preliminary statistics that early this morning, an hour of brutal shelling by the Qing captives caused the death toll in northern Nanjing.
More than 10,000 houses collapsed in western China, and more than 5,000 innocent civilians died. Now more than 2,000 seriously injured civilians have been sent in...
"...Now in the twentieth century, in this era of global civilization, any kind person in any corner of the world, hearing of such inhumane atrocities, will ask: Why? Why does this kind of tragedy happen? What do they want to do? What else do they want to do?
Is there any humanity?... Kind-hearted people, they don’t know what kind of beast lurks on the other side of the Ming Dynasty... But we know! Because we have been fighting with this beast for three hundred years and know its temper.
"Since 1616, when the slave chief Nurhachi rebelled and massacred the Han people in Liaodong, until the slave chief Fulin entered the pass in a bloody manner, and on the 10th day of his arrival in Yangzhou, there were three massacres in Jiading, the massacre in Suzhou, the massacre in Nanchang, the massacre in Ganzhou, and the massacre in Jiangyin.
, the massacre in Kunshan, the massacre in Jiaxing, the massacre in Haining, the massacre in Jinan, the massacre in Jinhua, the massacre in Xiamen, the massacre in Chaozhou, the massacre in Yuanjiang, the massacre in Zhoushan, the massacre in Xiangtan, the massacre in Sichuan, the massacre in Nanxiong,
The Massacre of Jingxian County, the Massacre of Datong, the Massacre of Fenzhou, the Massacre of Taigu, the Massacre of Mizhou, and the Massacre of Zezhou. In the Ming Dynasty, which originally had a population of 51.65 million, only 10.63 million people were massacred by them...
We know that in their view, massacre is just the most common thing, just like eating and sleeping. The only difference is that they used knives before and now they use cannons.
"Obviously, this morning's shelling has completely destroyed some people's remaining illusions. These kind people originally thought that Qinglu was just showing off and intimidating this time. But based on past experience, Qinglu
Every time we try to invade the south, we must massacre a large number of people to establish our authority. This time, we want to say that the real war has begun!
"However, today's Ming Dynasty is no longer the tired and sick Ming Dynasty three hundred years ago! Ever since Empress Changping and Prince Yanping regained the southern half of the Yangtze River, we have been preparing all the time. Today, on land, we have the world
It is the strongest defense line in the world, bordered by lofty mountains to the west and the mighty Yangtze River to the east. Just this early morning, for the first time since the Yangtze River defense line was built, we drank the blood of the Tartars. After the Qing barbarians’ crazy shelling, we repelled their
The first attack! Our fortifications are intact and still strong. Our soldiers are on guard, looking forward to repaying their blood debts to the Qing captives. Our machine guns are loaded and ready to go, waiting to harvest the heads of the Qing captives again.
"In the sky, we have a powerful aviation force. We have more than a thousand combat aircraft, and most of them are the most advanced cantilever monoplanes. Our pilots have been trained hard and adequately, and they have all been waiting for this day!
Just today, they received their first combat baptism and have grown into war eagles with actual combat experience! After a day's battle, we shot down 36 Qing prisoner aircraft and captured 14 pilots alive, while we ourselves only lost 12 aircraft.
Moreover, all 12 skydiving pilots have been properly taken care of and will be back in the sky soon!
"At sea, we have the fourth largest fleet in the world and the second largest in Asia in total tonnage. Today, we have six battleships, three battlecruisers, four aircraft carriers, ten heavy cruisers, ten light cruisers, destroyers and submarines
More than a hundred ships. On the contrary, what about the naval power of that barbaric, ignorant, and naturally afraid of the sea people on the other side of the Yangtze River?... They have no battleships... They have no battlecruisers... They have no aircraft carriers. Then we need
Ask, what do they have?... What they use to prop up their appearance is just a pitiful six cruisers and dozens of destroyers!
"They didn't dare to take out even this small amount of possessions to fight. Our squadron cruised in the northern seas, blocking the Qinglu warships in their holes like mice. They didn't dare to come out. Because they knew that as soon as they came out, they would be destroyed.
They will be shattered to pieces under the cannons of our Ming Navy.
"Today we won our first victory. Our soldiers performed extremely well on land, at sea, and in the air. However, the war has just begun, and more severe tests are yet to come. The Qinglu have already occupied my Ming Dynasty
Most of the people of the Ming Dynasty became slaves under the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, from a general strategic point of view, the Qing Dynasty had a great advantage. Their soldiers were far more than ours, and their iron ore and coal mines were
There are far more strategic supplies than ours. Their capital is a thousand kilometers away from the front line, while our capital is only one thousand meters away from the front line.
"But at sea, we have absolute control of the sea. We can land on the long northern coastline, choose any location at will, and attack the inland, making the Qing captives unable to defend themselves. Our powerful fleet can even bombard Lushun and Weihai, making the gateway to the Bohai Sea
We opened the hole, and then landed in Tianjin with heroic troops and pushed directly towards Beijing. Under this situation, no matter how many troops the Qing captives had, they would not dare to press them all on our defense line. They had to divide their troops to guard and guard everywhere.
They must not only guard against our landing troops, but also be dispersed in various places, always ready to suppress the people who are dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing Dynasty and rise up.
"Are the Qinglu terrible? If you only look at the numbers, then the Qinglu's army is undoubtedly the most powerful army in the world. They have been promoting the words 'Thousand Division Army' for a long time. But everyone knows that it can only
They are just deceiving themselves and the common people under the control of the press. Once these four words get out of the iron barrel guarded by the Qing Dynasty, once they enter the world of free press and open people's intelligence, whether it is in our Ming Dynasty, Japan, Siam, or Australia
, New Zealand, or the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and the United States on the other side of the ocean... Any primary school student in these places will sneer at the "thousand-division army" that the Qing captives talk about.
"Why? Because today's Qing Dynasty is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. It is just like the Ottoman Empire and the Tsarist Empire of the past. It is strong on the surface, but it has reached the point of deep decay and contradictions internally. But it is not willing to give in, and it still wants to take advantage of its lack of power.
Before the complete decay and decline, it was the last time to stir up and devour people. The historical trend is vast and powerful. Those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish. Today is the twentieth century, and civilization and democracy are the trend. The Qing captives themselves also know that it
Such a regime that relies on massacre, ignorance, blockade and suppression can no longer hold on for much longer in the face of such a trend. It must fight to the death and use the craziest and cruelest means to continue its life.
"The Qinglu know that to the south of the Yangtze River, there is a civilized, democratic, and prosperous land. For three hundred years, this land has made it salivate. Now as long as it can devour this land, devour the people of this land, devour this land
If the wealth of the land devours the ideas and systems of this land's advanced civilization, then the life of this beast with its hands stained with human blood can continue.
"Three hundred years ago, our Ming Dynasty suffered from internal and external troubles, poverty and disease, and fell under the butcher's knife of the barbarians. The land of China was sinking, and the rivers were all red. This once glorious and civilized East Asian continent became a vent for Tatar people.
The slaughterhouse. Thanks to the heroic deeds of Queen Changping and Prince Yanping, part of our Chinese civilization has been preserved. However, the surviving people north of the Yangtze River are forever trapped in darkness.
"Today, the most severe test has come again. What is different from three hundred years ago is that today's Ming Dynasty is strong and prosperous. We have the largest gold reserves in Asia, and we have world-class shipbuilding, aircraft and automobile industries. We have
We have the densest transportation network in Asia and the most concentrated technical talents in Asia. We have the richest non-ferrous metal mineral deposits in the world. We have the strongest line of defense in the world. Most importantly, we have the best people in the world.
They are the most promising sons and daughters of the Ming Dynasty. They are unyielding, hard-working, intelligent, and perseverant. When the motherland needs it most, they will step forward without hesitation. Internationally, our friends are all over the world, whether in Europe or the Americas.
, there are countries and people supporting us everywhere in the world.
"This war has started today. It is a war between civilization versus barbarism, light versus darkness, and democracy versus autocracy. People all over the world who love peace and hate war will stand with us. The whole world advocates humanity and hates massacres.
All the people will stand with us. This is a war of the century. The fire of Chinese civilization has lasted for five thousand years, and we must ensure that it does not go out in our hands. If we lose this war, then the entire
Jiangnan, the entire Ming Dynasty, and the entire East Asian continent will be completely lost in darkness, barbarism, and ignorance. We will not be able to see newspapers or hear radio broadcasts. Except for the lies told to us by the Qing court, we have no idea what is happening in the world today.
What happened? We can no longer wear gorgeous Hanfu, can no longer read bloody poems such as "How can China be empty and deserted", and can no longer praise the lives of national heroes such as Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, Shi Kefa and Zheng Chenggong.
Deeds... If this happened in the twentieth century, it would be a tragedy for all mankind.
"The people of the entire Ming Dynasty! The soldiers of the entire Ming Dynasty! The workers, farmers and students of the entire Ming Dynasty! Let's work hard! If we win this war, we can tell our descendants that in that glorious war, we
It is because of my participation that the tragedy of "No China after Yashan" has been prevented from happening again, that the backbone of our Chinese nation has been protected from being interrupted, and that the sacred word "China" has not been tarnished.
"If we win this time, then our generation can hold our heads up proudly throughout our lives. We can proudly say: I am worthy of the glorious title of 'Chinese'. I am worthy of doing
Descendants of Yao and Shun.
"...Okay, today is January 5th, the first day of the war. I hope everyone has a good rest, and is brave and optimistic to welcome tomorrow. That's all I have to say, everyone works hard."
…
In the Commander's Office at the People's Guard Headquarters, Qiu Qiu's chest trembled with excitement and she looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang with tears in her eyes. Xiang Xiaoqiang also had sobs in his throat and was so affected by his own manuscript and Zhu Yourong's speech that he was speechless.
The two hugged each other tightly. Qiu Qiu's face was flushed and she murmured:
"Xiaoqiang, you are amazing...I love you so much!"
Xiang Xiaoqiang said nothing and kissed her mouth in reply.
…
In the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City, a wave of applause almost shook the hall. Zhu Yourong threw down the manuscript and fell into a chair exhausted.
The announcer suppressed the excitement in his chest and said into the microphone:
"Listeners, below is our beloved Chief Minister, speaking for us."
Shen Rongxuan took the manuscript and walked to the microphone.
Zhu Yourong stepped aside, and Zheng Gongyin and Mrs. Li surrounded her with smiles, praising her wonderful speech.
Zhu Yourong looked tired, but still very excited. She smiled slightly and said:
"This...this speech is the most tiring I have ever...make a note of it and set up a special propaganda agency, above the Propaganda Department, directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family and fully responsible for propaganda matters during the war...Let Xiang Xiaoqiang be in charge. "
"Xiang Xiaoqiang?" Mrs. Li said, "Isn't he the head of the People's Guard?"