"Today is an unusual day, February 2. We will remember this day."
On the evening of February 2, in the broadcast room of Jinling Broadcasting Company, Xiang Xiaoqiang held the speech script and solemnly read on behalf of the Ming Dynasty military:
"On this day in history, many major events happened. On February 2, 1421, the Ming Empire officially moved its capital to Beijing. On February 2, 1848, the first batch of Ming people landed in San Francisco, becoming the first people in American history to
A group of Chinese. On February 2, 1895, the Japanese army occupied Weihaiwei. On February 2, 1937, which is today, the Ming Dynasty army rapidly advanced northward in southern Liaoning. Lushun was recovered, Jinzhou was recovered, Putian was recovered, and Wafang was recovered.
The store is restored.
"With the help of trains, our army advanced 120 kilometers northward in one day, encountering almost no resistance. More than 80,000 Qing soldiers flooded southward from the north and voluntarily surrendered to our army. At this rate, our Ming army could advance within a week.
Advance to Shanhaiguan... Yes, the situation in 1644 will soon be repeated. The difference from three hundred years ago is that today the offensive and defensive sides inside and outside Shanhaiguan have exchanged places.
"Since 1644, the Ming Dynasty has never regained so much land from the Qing captives as it does today; it has never liberated so many people from the Qing captives as it does today; its own situation has never been as safe as it is today.
.It is early February now, and spring will begin in two days. Relying on the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty
After bloody battles at the front, and relying on the hard work and dedication of the Ming people in the rear, after four months of war, the Manchu Qing regime was about to be completely defeated. Now even in Beiming, most of the people have been liberated
.We are confident that we will completely eliminate the Manchu Qing regime and end the war in the spring of 37 years.
"In the past, in the Northern Ming Dynasty, Shelley's poem was widely circulated in secret: If winter comes, can spring be far behind?... In the long night, many people relied on this sentence to support them.
Faith, it is this sentence that brings people hope and makes them believe that one day, everything will get better. However, as generation after generation passes, people's situation becomes worse year by year, and all aspects of Beiming are also getting worse year by year.
The year is approaching hell. People gradually understand that what they are facing is not a winter, but an ice age.
“But even the Ice Age has its end... If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Today we can finally give the answer to this widely circulated question: Spring is not far away, spring is here!
...The Ice Age that has frozen the north for nearly three hundred years will melt this spring. ...This spring will be a real spring.
"Today, our beloved Her Majesty the Queen also moved back to the palace from the Purple Mountain Fortress. For more than 120 days and nights, Her Majesty was here to pay attention to every progress of the war, and she shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers here. Now, I
On behalf of all the officers and men of the Ming Army, I would like to say to His Majesty: You have worked hard. When the spring flowers bloom in Beijing this year, we will let you, on behalf of the late emperor, revisit the Forbidden City in old Beijing and re-visit the Northern Ming Dynasty in the suburbs of Beijing.
Imperial Tomb.
"Okay, today is February 2, 1937. Many important things have happened. Today is three days away from the beginning of spring. Like everyone else, I will remember this day. I wish you all a good night."
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Beijing, the Supreme Command of the Qing Army. Guangwu was in his room, watching the radio and carefully listening to the radio in Nanjing. He turned the sound to the minimum. Although he was the emperor, he could not ban the radio even if it was banned nationwide.
on his head, but he was still subconsciously afraid that the courtiers outside would hear these things.
Over the past few days, it is estimated that more than 90% of the radios in Beijing have been confiscated. In the entire Qing-controlled area, it is estimated that at least 70% of the radios have been confiscated. Although the execution power of the local governments below is far less than that of Beijing, and now
The Qing Dynasty was besieged on all sides, and officials had their own evil intentions, but the task of confiscating radios went smoothly.
On the one hand, radios in this era were very large and difficult to hide, and not many people in Beiqing had radios. Everyone in the neighborhood knew who had a radio. On the other hand, confiscating radios was very profitable.
The Qing Dynasty has already negotiated with the Soviet Union. The radios confiscated by the Qing Dynasty are all
It would be sold to the Soviet Union at a discount. In order to ensure the enthusiasm of the following execution, Guangwu promised that the court would not take any of the proceeds from the sale, but would all be given to local officials. The more radios each official confiscated, the more money he would get.
.In this era, radios, as a large item in the home, are still very valuable.
When the Qing Radio Station was first established, the radio was regarded by the court as an excellent propaganda tool and a symbol of the prosperity and strength of the Qing Dynasty. It was vigorously promoted by the government among the people, and administrative means were used to force the people to squeeze money from their teeth to buy it.
Once people buy radios, they are forced to buy them every year
There are so many batteries that cannot be used up. Governments at all levels are increasing the price of radios and batteries, making a lot of money. The prices of radios and batteries in the Qing Dynasty have also hit the highest prices in the world, and have been described by foreign media as "the whole world".
The poorest people in the world finally have access to the most expensive radio in the world."
In any case, in the late 1920s, the Qing Dynasty announced that radio had been "basically popularized" in cities. In this regard, it indeed surpassed the United Kingdom, the United States, France and other countries. This also gave the Qing Dynasty absolute pride.
The Qing government wrote this into primary and secondary school textbooks as ironclad evidence that "the Qing Dynasty was superior to the Southern Ming Dynasty" and prepared for the world
The phrase from foreign media, "The poorest people in the world finally listened to the most expensive radio in the world" was also repeatedly praised in the Qing Dynasty, and was regarded by the people of the Qing Dynasty as "foreigners have convinced us", "
Western insightful people exclaimed about the rapid development of the Qing Dynasty," and their faces lit up with pride when mentioned.
But not long after the Qing court was proud, it immediately discovered that something was wrong. It turned out that the radio could not only listen to its own station, but also other people's stations. Especially the Nanming Radio Station in the south, those big mouths dared to do anything.
In addition, the common people in the north can understand the same language and race. They listen to those "rebellious" and "stimulating" words every day, and their minds are confused. Is this okay?!
At that time, Emperor Xuantong issued a decree prohibiting listening to radio stations outside the Qing Dynasty, prohibiting private installation of short-wave components, and prohibiting private connection and random connection of various antennas. "Shielding stations" were also set up on some high mountains near Nanming in the Qing Dynasty to monitor the southern part of the Qing Dynasty.
The incoming radio signal is artificially interfered,
Artificially worsening the shortwave signal. Since then, the Qing Dynasty has become more and more strict on radio control. However, there was no complete ban on radios like today. After all, the three words "radio" are in the "proud history of the Qing Empire"
"It occupies an important position.
But today, in order to save the crumbling power, Emperor Guangwu had to personally issue a comprehensive ban on radios. As an ambitious emperor, he issued such an order, and his heart was very painful. There are also those who confiscated "
controlled substance
This order made him even more ashamed. This was tantamount to admitting that the Qing Dynasty was about to end. This was tantamount to making the Qing Dynasty, which had always advertised itself as "better than the Southern Ming", afraid of its own people to the core. This was tantamount to harming the rule of law.
The people below are torn apart, and Tu Qiongdagger has been seen.
In the waterside pavilion of the summer resort, Xiang Xiaoqiang once "complimented" himself: At least the Qing Dynasty did not have to control people's kitchen knives like the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, and they were better than barbarians like the Mongols. They were at least "semi-barbarians".
Today, who knows if that boy Xiang Xiaoqiang will be hiding in Nanjing and laughing. In just a few months, the Qing Dynasty fell from "semi-barbarian" to "full barbarian", even worse than the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty.
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"Alas... Yonggui..." Guangwu said slowly with an old voice, "I have always trusted you... Tell me the truth... Has today's Qing Dynasty... fallen to the level of the Meng Yuan?
"
Yonggui, who was kneeling beside him, was suddenly sweating profusely and his heart was pounding. Even though he was always eloquent, he didn't know what to say.
Guangwu was quiet for a while, then slowly sighed:
"The brutal Mongolian Yuan Dynasty back then... after all, they were just kitchen knives to control the people. They didn't have to control even wrenches and screwdrivers like today's Qing Dynasty... Do you think the Qing Dynasty is now more... than the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty?"
Too unbearable?"
Yonggui's head was sweating, but he suddenly caught inspiration in his mind. He knelt on the ground and said carefully:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, Your Majesty does not need to feel sad. Everything Your Majesty has done is ultimately for the peace of society, the safety of the people, and the sake of the Qing Dynasty. Your Majesty, times are changing, and the definition of 'danger' is also changing. In
At the time of Meng Yuan, the only weapons that could be used for killing and fighting were knives, scissors, and axes. Meng Yuan
Of course, only these few things will be confiscated. With the development of science and technology today, there are more things that can be used to kill people than knives, scissors and axes. Screwdrivers, wrenches, alcohol, and gasoline can all be used to kill people. Your Majesty, Meng Yuan simply didn’t have them at that time.
It’s just such a wealth of killing tools. If there were any, the Meng Yuan would be cleaner than those collected by the Qing Dynasty.”
After hearing these words, Guangwu sighed lightly, leaned back in his seat, and said with a wry smile:
"Oh... Yonggui... After hearing what you said, I really feel better... You can go down now."
Yonggui responded and stepped back.
Guangwu stood up and walked slowly to the map, his eyes wandering aimlessly on it. The terrible thought that had appeared several times before now jumped out of his mind:
...If that day comes...where should I go to live in exile?
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On the morning of February 4, a seaplane flew from the Changshan Islands to Zhoushan Port. In the evening, a group of people on the plane - Haining, the former commander of the Qing Army's Lushun Fleet, Ming side personnel Li Zhien, Xu Xiangde, Wu Yanbin, and the ten
All the Qing soldiers who assisted in the meritorious service took the train to Nanjing.
In the evening, Zheng Gongyin personally held a banquet at Wuwang Villa to welcome the group. Xiang Xiaoqiang, Jiang Meilu and other leading figures from the People's Guard and Dongchang also attended to accompany them.
When Xiang Xiaoqiang was toasting Li Zhien, he suddenly realized that this person looked familiar, but he never remembered where he had seen him before.
Li Zhien bowed to thank him with a smile, held the wine and said with a smile:
"Master Xiang, don't you know me now? I still remember that meal of duck blood and vermicelli soup!"