At 6:30 in the morning on May 1st, the train pulled into Nanjing Station, playing the flute.
Xiang Xiaoqiang came out of the bathroom in the private room with a towel on his shoulders and said:
"Xiuxiu, I'm ready. Go in and brush your teeth and wash your face!"
"Haha, sir, I have already washed up."
Xiuxiu smiled softly, bent over the bed and folded their pajamas, put them into a box, and smoothed the sheets. As for the thin quilt, it had also been folded into a square shape.
"Tofu cubes".
Xiang Xiaoqiang said "Hmm", wiped his face with a towel, and admired Xiu Xiu from behind. Xiu Xiu was already fully dressed, bent over and busy, her dress and skirt set off her graceful figure.
I don’t know if it was an illusion, but when I first saw her when I got off the boat yesterday, she looked like an aggrieved young girl. This morning she turned into a graceful, elegant, charming little woman.
Last night, Qiu Qiu had to push herself to sleep in Xiuxiu's box. Qiu Qiu was also very sensible and knew that she could no longer dominate Xiang Xiaoqiang. But Xiang Xiaoqiang was made very embarrassed. Although she and Xiu Xiu were separated for two years,
It had been many months, but he didn't want to look so anxious. He hadn't gone home yet, so he was trying to relieve his lovesickness on the train. Xiuxiu was also blushing, and she was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in. But the blush was a blush,
But she secretly glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang without saying a word, letting Ren Qiuqiu push Xiang Xiaoqiang into his box.
It has always been said that "a little separation is better than a new marriage", Xiang Xiaoqiang and Xiu Xiu truly realized the true meaning of this sentence last night. Especially Xiu Xiu, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt Xiu Xiu's whole body convulsing under him, and almost shouted out loud.
Only then did I realize how much I owed Xiuxiu.
Despite this, I still got up early this morning, washed and dressed in advance, packed my luggage, and waited quietly for myself to wake up. When I woke up, the train was about to enter the station, but Xiuxiu had already arrived early.
After everything is done, you just need to put on your clothes, wash up and get off the car.
...what a nice girl!
Xiuxiu opened the car window, and the air with the smell of fresh earth rushed into the box, washing away the turbid air of the night.
The Nanjing morning in May was so cool!
The road back to Daming was another long tropical journey. It was extremely hot for more than ten days. When we arrived in Guangzhou, it turned into hot and humid weather. Although it was not very hot in South China in May, the air was already very humid. It was hot and humid all day yesterday.
Not very comfortable.
But after a night, when I returned to Nanjing, I finally smelled the long-lost smell of dry air, the fragrance of woods and earth that can only be found in the hilly areas near Nanjing and the Purple Mountain area.
As usual, there were a lot of reporters at the exit of the station, and this time there were more reporters than before. The station was so crowded that the police had to form a human wall to leave a way out of the station.
Under countless dazzling spotlights, Xiang Xiaoqiang and his party walked out of the station quickly. Reporters on both sides shouted at the top of their lungs and asked various questions. For a moment, they couldn't hear a word.
Under the protection of the police, the reporters were unable to interview Xiang Xiaoqiang. After everyone got into their cars, Xiang Xiaoqiang finally stood by the car door, with his arms hanging on the door, facing countless noisy reporters and cameras, smiling.
Raise one hand.
Within seconds, everyone shut up and the scene miraculously became silent.
Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and said:
"Everyone, I understand what you all want to ask me. But now I can only say one thing, that is, during the 14 days in Europe, I witnessed with my own eyes the victory of the Ming Dynasty and the defeat of the Qing Dynasty!"
After saying that, he cupped his hands in all directions and got into the car.
It wasn't until the motorcade started that the Nanjing citizens watching the excitement started to applaud and cheer.
…
Xiang Xiaoqiang was sitting in a spacious three-row car, with Qiuqiu and Xiuxiu sitting on his left and right, which was more than enough. In the front row were Tumache and Snail, and in the front passenger seat were Fourteen.
Ge Ge. These top figures of the People's Guard all came to pick him up at the train station today. Not only the three of them, but also Li Gensheng and Li Changgui came. Fourteen Gege arranged for them to be put in another car.
After a long absence, Xiang Xiaoqiang saw his old friends again today, and Xiang Xiaoqiang was also happy from ear to ear. In fact, there is no need for all these people to come, it is enough for Fourteen Gege to come alone. But he knows that these few
Everyone is his direct subordinate and confidant. When he comes back today, he will definitely not let anyone pick him up at the station.
After returning from Germany, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt vaguely that he was Hitler. He imagined that in the future he would control the country and become Hitler. So among these people, who is Goering and who is Goebbels?
Well, who is Hess and who is Himmler...
He was very satisfied with Shi Shi Ge Ge. He had been away from the Ming Dynasty for more than two months, and he did not notice any bad behavior of Shi Shi Ge Ge. Instead, he tried his best to support the People's Guard for himself, keeping his authority firmly in mind, and did not give any attention to those gangs.
During the more than two months overseas, I relied solely on her to grasp the domestic situation in time. At several critical moments, it was the fourteen-bar code that allowed me to avoid danger or seize opportunities.
.
He once gave Xiuxiu the right to "exclusively record secret reports" and asked her to monitor Shi Shigege's misdeeds. However, during this period, Xiuxiu did not "complain" once.
There is no doubt that Fourteen Gege is very competent.
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at the back of Shi Shigege's head, watching her turn around to joke with everyone from time to time, and found that she had become the "leader" of his confidants... However, when he left, he handed over the power to her.
, isn’t this exactly what you want?
Shi Shige's talent and loyalty have been proven many times. Now, he finally has a person who is both loyal and able to handle complicated affairs for him.
Xiang Xiaoqiang was thinking in his mind that he could promote Fourteenth Gege later and let her serve as his deputy and become the deputy commander of the People's Guard, specifically in charge of intelligence and propaganda. He would also bring up a deputy commander to be in charge of military affairs.
…
After returning to the headquarters, Xiang Xiaoqiang immediately held a meeting, with all his subordinates participating.
After the joyful atmosphere of the initial meeting passed, there was a brief silence in the conference room. Everyone lowered their heads and glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang from time to time, as if they all had something to say.
A few minutes later, Shi Shigege looked around at everyone, then lowered his head and fiddled with the pen gently, and took the lead in saying:
"My lord, the most serious problem we are facing now is that your majesty may marry the prince of Siam... My lord, what do you think?"
She did not raise her head, but just looked through her hair, staring at Xiang Xiaoqiang with her beautiful eyes.
Xiang Xiaoqiang also looked at Shi Shigege. When he first saw her, she still had short hair. But after coming to Ming Dynasty, within a few months, her long hair had been draped smoothly on her shoulders, completely losing her original appearance.
Ge Ge, who looks like a spy chief, looks like a gentle lady from Jiangnan.
Seeing that Xiang Xiaoqiang did not answer, but instead looked at him with a "wandering" look, Shi Shigege smiled faintly, lowered his head slightly, and gently tapped the paper with the pen in his hand, as if to remind him: everyone is waiting.
And you!
"Ahem! Oh..." Xiang Xiaoqiang recovered, coughed twice, and said thoughtfully, "...Yes, this problem is very serious. Once His Majesty leaves the Ming Dynasty, our People's Guard will be their number one
A goal. I, and all of us here, will either be cleaned out by them, or at least they will be driven far away, and it can be said that they will be brought back to their original shape... Therefore, the first priority before us is
, is to prevent His Majesty from marrying Siam... It is very annoying to say that at this juncture, our People's Guard had many more important things to do, but now we have to fight with those ministers!... Zhao Fang,...
"
Hearing Xiang Xiaoqiang call him by his first name, several people looked at him and then at Fourteen Gege, as if they heard something.
Fourteen Gege raised her head and looked at him with some surprise. Then the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and the corners of her eyes showed a bit of playful dissatisfaction, as if to say: You really don't regard yourself as an outsider, now you dare to call this princess by her first name?
Xiang Xiaoqiang also glanced at her, coughed slightly, and continued:
"Zhao Fang, you must have some ideas these days. You can speak on behalf of everyone."
Fourteen Gege nodded, flipping through the information in front of her with her right hand, gently brushing a strand of hair behind her ear with her left hand, then raised her head and said in a clear voice:
"Sir, it's like this. We all think that there are many conditions that are favorable to us at present. First of all, His Majesty himself is obviously unwilling to marry Siam. Why?"
When she said this, she inadvertently raised her eyes and glanced at Xiang Xiaoqiang. Xiang Xiaoqiang seemed to be shocked and moved his buttocks in the chair unnaturally. But Shi Shige Ge raised the corner of his mouth slightly again and let it go.
He ignored him and continued:
"...The reason is obvious. The climate in Siam is unbearably hot and humid, the lifestyle is unaccustomed to it, the language is difficult to understand, and it is far away from China. Even if ordinary women are not willing to marry there, let alone Your Majesty? And Your Majesty is the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, so marry her.
Regardless of whether she has the status of Queen or not, the power in Nanjing must be lost to the ministers in the cabinet. Although Your Majesty's desire for power is not very strong, she is still a human being after all. Most people will always feel dissatisfied when they see the power in their hands being taken away by others.
comfortable."
This is true. Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded slightly. He knew that if Zhu Yourong really didn't care about power, he would not support Shen Rongxuan and himself in the New Year's coup... But it was obvious that Xiang Xiaoqiang could see that the Fourteenth Gege analysis of Zhu Yourong's
At that time, it was obviously based on her own feelings. Shi Shigege is a person with a strong desire for power.
He smiled slightly and continued to listen to Shi Shigege's speech.
Fourteen Gege continued:
"But the problem is that now His Majesty fully understands the huge benefits to the Ming Empire by marrying Siam... To be honest, if this matter is really done, the benefits to our Ming Dynasty will be really great.
If we look at it aside from our interests...and His Majesty is a person who is willing to sacrifice himself for the country and the people. We all understand this. During the Nanjing defense battle, His Majesty would rather risk being captured.
She also wants to stay for the sake of the people of Nanjing. Now, she is fully capable of sacrificing her own personal interests for the greater benefit of Ming Dynasty."
Several people present glanced at each other, coughed slightly, and smiled secretly. Xiang Xiaoqiang also noticed it, and they looked at each other and smiled slightly.
When did Shi Shi Ge Ge start to become so kitschy? When she mentioned His Majesty, her mouth was as sweet as if she had eaten candy.
She didn't seem to notice at all, she frowned again and continued:
"But where is the trouble now? Things are not as simple as we originally thought. We originally thought that as long as we find someone to write the overall plan of those ministers in the newspaper, or simply find someone to reveal it to the Siamese royal family, this will
The matter naturally blew up... But now they are obviously ahead of us, and they are doing a pretty good job... In May, it may be the middle or early ten days, the Prince of Siam will come to Nanjing to propose marriage.
And it is very clear that I am asking for marriage from His Majesty."
Xiang Xiaoqiang was startled. This was the first time he heard this news.
"What did you say?" He stared at Shi Shigege and asked in surprise, "Why didn't I know?"
Fourteen Gege lowered his head, looked at the information and said softly:
"This is the information that just came in this morning."
Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at her with squinted eyes and nodded slowly:
"Well... you came this morning? That's nothing. Let's continue talking."
Shi Shi Gege bit her lip, glanced at him quickly, lowered her head, and said lightly:
"Obviously it was Dongchang... or someone else. Anyway, it was their people in Siam who passed on the news that His Majesty was interested in marrying the Prince of Siam. So, the Prince of Siam came to propose marriage. In this way,
It’s not that we, Ming Dynasty, want to marry the Queen, but they from Siam came to propose marriage and asked to marry His Majesty. In this way, even if we reveal it to the press, our credibility will be greatly reduced.”
Xiang Xiaoqiang knocked on the table and said curiously:
"Are the Siamese royal family all fools? Can't you see there is a conspiracy here?"
Fourteen Gege didn't answer. She had a stomachache and looked at everyone, then snorted and said:
"Now the old king of Siam is very ill, and the crown prince is in charge of most affairs in the country. I think there may be two reasons: either the crown prince has fallen in love with His Majesty a long time ago, and was carried away by ecstasy when he heard the news.
; Either he is relying on his shrewdness and ability, and knows what kind of person His Majesty is, and thinks that after marrying His Majesty, he is sure to have His Majesty in his hands, and is not afraid of any "conspiracy" of the Ming Dynasty. The greater possibility is that these two
There are various reasons.”
After he finished speaking, several people present nodded in agreement.
Fourteen Gege added at this time:
"Zi Teng's analysis is very precise. But I think there is another point: according to past data, the crown prince of Siam is different from his father. His father is a staunch nationalist and has devoted his life to maintaining Siam's independence. In
During his time, although Siam was still a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, in order to offset the influence of the Ming Dynasty, his ties with Britain in the west and France in the east were greatly strengthened.
"But his son, who is now the crown prince, is a staunch supporter of the Ming Dynasty. He received high school and university education in the Ming Dynasty, and also traveled in the Ming Dynasty for a long time. Maybe in his view, through a marriage,
The closer ties with the Ming Dynasty are not a bad thing for Siam, but a good thing. Besides, Zi Teng also said that many foreign princes admire His Majesty. He is probably not among them.
"We can even guess this: Even if he completely saw through the Ming Dynasty's 'conspiracy', he did not think it was a conspiracy. Maybe in his mind, his son would inherit both the throne of Siam and the Ming Dynasty, or even merge the two countries.
Nothing unacceptable."
…
After she finished speaking, the others immediately started whispering, and they all felt that Shi Shi Ge Ge's analysis was truly in place and the only one that could explain it clearly. She looked at Shi Shi Ge Ge with a stomach ache, scratched her head and smiled.
He chuckled and waved his hands.
Xiang Xiaoqiang covered his face with his palms and let out a long sigh of relief.
It's better now, the conspiracy has turned into a conspiracy. Japan.