With a deep horn, the 25th year military exercise officially began.
The first to enter was the 48th Guard of Nanjing.
If all of the Forty-Eight Guards were to be mobilized, there would be hundreds of thousands of people.
Not to mention the military exercise, it would take them a day to walk through the city gate.
Thus, each of the forty-eight guards sent out a battalion of soldiers and walked past the city gate tower.
On the city gate tower, there was a seat covered with golden curtains, and a bead curtain hung in front of the seat.
The soldiers standing outside the city gate could only vaguely see someone behind the bead curtain, but they could not see the person's face.
Needless to say, behind this bead curtain, only the Ming Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang could sit.
On both sides of the bead curtain, there were dozens of seats.
On the left were civil officials, and on the right were generals.
The foreign emissaries that the Chamberlain of Dependencies had received were also seated on the left, mingling with the civil officials.
Among the many vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, only the son of North Korea's King Lee Seong-Gyu, Lee Fang-Yuan, watched the show the most seriously.
In fact, North Korea could not be called North Korea yet.
This was because Lee Seong-Gyu had just overthrown the Goryeo Dynasty and became king. In order to sit on the throne, he had to obtain the support of the surrounding countries.
And looking around North Korea, only the Great Ming Dynasty had the qualifications to be called Great Ming.
Therefore, he specially ordered his son, Li Fangyuan, to bring two country names to ask for the Emperor's opinion.
One was Hening, the name of Li Chenggui's hometown. The other was the name of Jizi North Korea, which could be used to refer to Jizi's era.
In fact, Li Chenggui did not care about the name of the country. He only cared about one thing, and that was the recognition of the Ming Emperor.
As long as the Ming Emperor gave him the name of the country, even if it was called shit, he would not have any objections.
Of course, he didn't dare to have any objections.
After all, the entire population of North Korea added together might not even be as large as the army of the Ming Dynasty.
Even if he was the old birthday boy who ate arsenic-like poison, he wouldn't dare to challenge Big Ming.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately replied to Li Chenggui's letter and chose the country name " North Korea " for him. He felt that this country name had history, culture, and was pleasant to hear.
Therefore, the current Li Fangyuan was shouldering the heavy responsibility of passing on the name of North Korea.
If it wasn't for the Great Ming Military Drill, he might have left the Great Ming and returned to North Korea two days ago to announce the good news to his father.
Li Fangyuan was different from the typical second generation of the Wang family. He had rebelled with his father and had made great contributions in North Korea.
He had always been holding back the urge in his heart. This was why North Korea had always been a vassal of China.
No matter what dynasty China was in, North Korea had to obey them.
However, when he walked up to the city wall and saw the magnificent scene of a sea of people under the city wall with bright armor, swords, and spears, there was no longer any doubt in his heart, and the suppressed energy instantly disappeared.
At this moment, there was only one sentence in his mind, and that was…
I love Great Ming. It's so good to have the Great Ming Dynasty as my father!
In comparison, the Mengyuan envoy Haohai Dayu who sat beside him was much calmer.
Although he was also shocked by the might of the Great Ming Army, he discovered a problem from the troops that passed by.
That was, the soldiers serving in the Ming army were all over forty years old!
Although a 40-year-old soldier was in his prime, it was the peak of his life.
Be it in terms of strength or combat experience, he was very rich.
However, there was an undeniable fact that after the peak, it was all downhill.
For the army, without enough young blood to join, it would be a fatal blow.
Thus, he believed that the Daimyo's power would not last long.
Even if his generation couldn't see the decline of Great Ming, his descendants would definitely be able to see that day!
History proved that Haohai Dayu's analysis was correct. Among his descendants, there was a person called Yexian. Not only did he defeat the Ming Dynasty, but he also captured the Ming Emperor!
This was the famous Tumu Fortress Incident in history!
Just as the 48th Guards of Nanjing were passing by the Zhengyang Gate tower of Nanjing, Zhu Yuanzhang had already changed into a set of ordinary clothes and was walking among the ministers.
As for the person sitting behind the beaded curtain, it was, of course, Xiao Hu, who was about the same size as him.
Zhu Yuanzhang was someone who couldn't sit still.
Except for memorials.
In addition, he wanted to hear the views of the foreign envoys on the Ming army. This was also the most important reason why he insisted on holding the military exercise.
Zhu Yuanzhang patted the shoulder of the Chamberlain of Dependencies.
Geng Xuan was feeling bored when he suddenly felt someone pat him from behind.
He turned around and saw Zhu Yuanzhang's old face!
Geng Xuan almost peed his pants!
"Your…Your…"
Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the golden curtain and said in a low voice.
"Don't talk nonsense. The Emperor is sitting in the curtain. We're just wandering around.”
The so-called Honglu Siqing was the director of the guest house directly under the central government of the Great Ming Dynasty. He was in charge of entertaining foreign guests who came to visit the Great Ming Dynasty.
If he didn't have any foresight, how could he do this kind of work?
When Geng Xuan saw the Emperor say this, he immediately understood!
"Then I understand. This is a white dragon fish costume…"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and pointed at the few foreign envoys sitting next to him, especially the Mengyuan envoy.
Geng Xuan was indeed the best in the service industry. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, he immediately knew what he wanted to ask.
"Your Majesty…you want to ask them what they think of our Great Ming Army?”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded in relief.
If you don't say anything, clothes are not as good as new, people are not as good as before.
He had to be an old man who had followed him for many years. He didn't even say a word and this guy understood everything.
When Geng Xuan saw the Emperor nod his head, he immediately bent down and moved a chair to sit between Haohai Dayu and Li Fangyuan.
The two saw that the person who squeezed in was Geng Xuan, the minister of the Honglu Temple. He was their long-term meal ticket in Great Ming, and their attitudes immediately eased a lot.
If it were anyone else, even if the two of them did not squeeze him out, they would still ignore him.
"So it's Lord Geng. I'm sorry for my disrespect!”
Geng Xuan asked after exchanging pleasantries with the two of them.
"I wonder what the two of you think of my Great Ming army?”
Li Fangyuan had long been conquered by Great Ming's national strength. When he heard Geng Xuan speak, he kept saying.
"Strong!"
"So strong!"
"Truly the majesty of the Heavenly Dynasty!"
When Geng Xuan heard this, he could not help but laugh proudly.
Although he was a civil official, at this moment, hearing that the foreign envoy was subdued by the military might of the Ming Dynasty, a sense of pride rose in his heart.
At this moment, it had nothing to do with civil and military affairs, it was only about China's prestige!
"Your Highness Fang Yuan, you flatter me!"
"Due to the limited space, the number of people dispatched for this military exercise is less than one-tenth of our Great Ming's total military strength.”
Even the hundreds of thousands of people in front of him had almost scared Li Fangyuan to the point of peeing his pants.
Now that he heard that this was only one-tenth of the Great Ming army, he was so scared that he died on the spot!
"Great Ming's strength is truly invincible!”
Li Fangyuan sincerely praised. He decided to return to North Korea and be a vassal of Ming Dynasty.
Li Fangyuan's words made Geng Xuan very happy, and also made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was behind Geng Xuan, very happy.
However, there was one person who was unhappy. That was Haohai Dayu, who had been watching coldly from the side.
Hao Hai moved his chair by the side of Dayu Net, meaning that he was ashamed to be with trash like Li Fangyuan.
At the same time, his mouth was filled with indignation.
"Tsk!"
"You're just an arrow at the end of its flight. What's there to show off?”
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