Chapter 703 Long live the mountain and come to the capital again!

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!!"

When I saw the Imperial Raid coming down from the steel ship, officials, soldiers and people in the distance shouted in unison!

The sound waves are like tsunami, sweeping in all directions!

Zhu Meiqiu caught up with the emperor and made an action that had never been done by emperors in previous dynasties. She waved to the people from all over the world.

Although she simply waved her hands four times to all directions, it made the people on both sides of the canal boil and shouted "Long Live" again.

The officials of the Ministry of Rites who were accompanying him wanted to remind Zhu Ma that he had lost his manners and even damaged his authority. However, he could not speak at all and did not dare to speak.

After driving him away for only a hundred steps, the Imperial stopped, but came to the officials who were greeting him here.

The leader had mostly white hair and slightly hunched figure. It was Zhang Guowei, the governor of the River Affairs Office.

"See Your Majesty!"

Zhang Guowei brought officials related to the river affairs behind him to bow to Zhu Mai.

Seeing Zhang Guowei at this time, Zhu Mei couldn't help but recall the scene when she first met four years ago and found that Zhang Guowei was really much older.

So, after the ceremony, Zhu Ma couldn't help but sigh: "Mr. Yu Xie is so old, and it's really hard for the past few years."

Although it was just a simple condolence, Zhang Guowei was very moved, and even his nose felt slightly sour, saying, "Thank you hard is nothing. If you can tame the Yellow River for a hundred years, I will be willing to die of exhaustion on the Yellow River embankment."

Zhu Mai said: "Mr. Yu Xie is worried. This time, he can't help but learn from the experience and lessons of later generations, and also use cement and concrete.

In my opinion, as long as the back is properly maintained, the Yellow River can be honest for two or three hundred years."

Zhang Guowei also hoped that the major project he presided over would benefit future generations for hundreds of years, so he said: "Your Majesty's auspicious words will surely be like this."

Zhu Meiyu smiled and said, "Mr. Yu Xie will accompany me to walk on both sides of the canal in Zhangqiu Town."

"yes."

Immediately, Zhang Guowei accompanied Zhu Mei to walk by the canal in the town and introduced the situation here.

Then I climbed up to see the scene of the Yellow River intersecting with the canal, passing through the Daqing River, and talked about the follow-up management of the rivers in Jiangbei.

The two Huaihe area was originally a fertile land. Since the early Southern Song Dynasty, the Yellow River seized the Huai River and entered the sea, resulting in large areas of yellow areas and saline-alkali land, which has become increasingly barren.

Therefore, now that Zhang Guowei ordered the Yellow River to travel to the Qing Dynasty and Hebei into the Bohai Sea, it can only be considered half of the work on river affairs in Jiangbei.

In the future, we need to continue to regulate the rivers in Jiangbei so that the yellow areas and saline-alkali land can be restored to normal faster and the land in the Huaihe area will become fertile as soon as possible.

When the inspection was about to leave Zhang Qiu Town, Zhu Ma said to Zhang Guowei: "Control rivers is a century-old plan, and there is no way to avoid any mistakes.

Mr. Yuxiu only cares about managing the river. I will handle the money matters and some rumors in the court properly and will never let them affect the river management!"

Zhu Ma's words were sincere and firm, which moved Zhang Guowei and thought of Chongzhen again.

He thought that even if Chongzhen had half of Zhu Meiyu's responsibility in the past, he would not have ended up losing his city and dying.

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not perish because of Chongzhen's death. Instead, under the control of the empress in front of her, she became stronger again...

When Zhu Xi boarded the steel ship, the accompanying secretary Liu Shuying sent a telegram, saying: "Your Majesty, Chen Jitai sent a telegram from Malacca. The territorial delivery ceremony and city defense exchange were all successfully."

Zhu Moe took the telegram and looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction.

Nearly two years after the Battle of Dongfan Island, she finally got what she wanted most - Malacca.

According to this important sea transportation channel between East and West, it not only can collect taxes from passing merchant ships, but also add a proportion of income to the Ming Dynasty's treasury every year, but also gives the Ming Dynasty a foothold in Nanyang.

This place can be used as a bridgehead to enter the Indian Ocean to the west, and to the south, it can be used as a base for exploration of Australia and New Zealand.

It is extremely important for the Ming Dynasty to enter the ocean to fight for hegemony and conduct global exploration.

After putting down the telegram, Zhu Ma said casually: "Call back to Chen Jitai, follow-up defense arrangement and governance of Malacca can be carried out according to the previous plan."

"yes."

···

After walking north from the canal for more than ten days on a steamer, Zhu Mai finally arrived in the capital.

The Xinque ship she was riding was the latest work of the Longjiang Shipyard and the Nanjing Ship Manufacturing Bureau. Almost all of them were made of steel. Although they were small, they were very strong.

The most important thing is that it uses the latest steam engine and propeller from the Ming Dynasty, and it sails quite fast.

The reason why I walked from Zhangqiu Town for more than ten days to arrive in the capital was because Zhu Ni would occasionally stop on the road and inspect the villages, market towns and county towns on both sides of the canal.

There is no transfer to the train at Zhu Nishi in Tianjin.

First, transferring to a train may not be as fast as taking a steamship. Second, if she takes a train, the Railway Bureau may have to clear a whole train, which is very troublesome.

As for experiencing the feeling of taking a train - she has experienced it many times since the railway opened to traffic in Nanjing, and it is not bad for this experience.

···

When he arrived at the outer wall of the capital, Zhu Ma met the officials who came to pick him up.

The leaders were Du Yinxi, the governor of Northern Zhili and Shanxi, and then Zhang Kuang and others served in the capital.

After the ceremony, Zhu Mai Congyu caught up and said to Du Yinxi: "Du Qing should be able to ride a horse, right?"

Du Yinxi said: "Report to Your Majesty, I will, but my riding skills are just the same."

Zhu Mei smiled and said, "If you know how to ride, just do it - for the rest of the road, Du Qing will accompany me to ride a horse. If Zhang Qing can ride a horse, he can also ride a horse with him."

After saying that, Zhu Mai Yu didn't care about Du Yinxi. Zhang Kuang reacted, so he walked over and turned over a black horse for royalty.

I saw her movements were straightforward and her posture was very cool.

However, in the past few years in Nanjing, although Zhu Ma spent most of her daily life on memorials, she did not forget to practice riding and shooting skills.

Especially horse riding.

To put it well, as an emperor, if you don’t know how to ride a horse, or if you don’t have a good riding skills, you can’t even be handsome at critical moments.

In addition, the emperor riding on a horse can make the soldiers loyal to him better than sitting on the imperial side.

Although Zhu Meiyu has practiced riding well now, she did not ride very fast at this time, but just drove the horse in small steps.

Du Yinxi and Zhang Kuang were half a horse behind, and he couldn't even get fast, so he followed him slowly.

After walking for a short while, Zhu Ma said to Zhang Kuang: "In the past few years, Zhang Qing has worked hard in Beizhili."

Zhang Kuang hurriedly said: "What I do is my duty, and I dare not call it hard."

Zhu Mai smiled and said, "I know whether it's hard or not. From Hejian Prefecture to Shuntian Prefecture, I have inspected several villages and towns.

Although these places are not as many as those in the south, the people live a good life. Some people in their fifties and sixties also said that life is worse than Wanli time.

If Zhang Qing hadn’t done his best, how could the people in Beizhili recover so quickly?”

Second update.

Good night ~
Chapter completed!