Emperor Zhengde

Chapter 168 How can the people of the Ming Dynasty be enslaved!

"Slavery is a bad policy left over from the previous Yuan Dynasty. It is a barbaric and shameless act. Therefore, Your Majesty has issued an order to once again prohibit officials and high-ranking officials from keeping slaves and maids! Because keeping slaves is against the will of heaven and against human nature! We are all citizens of the Ming Dynasty, all citizens of Your Majesty. How can we be enslaved by others! Just like the people outside the Great Wall were enslaved by the leader of the Tartars!"

"Now the little prince outside the Great Wall is a slave owner who sucks human blood! He was originally a minister of the Ming Dynasty, but he proclaimed himself Khan! He is a traitor! He occupied the land that originally belonged to our Ming Dynasty! He also turned the people outside the Great Wall into his slaves, ravaged their wives and daughters, and even ate their flesh!"

"The herdsmen outside the Great Wall are different from us, the people of the Ming Dynasty. We are the people, so we have our share of the food we grow and we are paid for our work. But the slaves outside the Great Wall are different. They are slaves enslaved by the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty. Everything they have, including their bodies, belongs to the remnants of the former Yuan Dynasty!"

"It is not enough for this little prince to enslave the Mongols outside the Great Wall. He also wants to enslave us Han people. He has invaded the border several times, slaughtered us Han people, burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil! They want to destroy our Ming Dynasty, turn us into slaves, take away our wives and children, and make us dedicate everything to him! Do you think we can agree to this? No! We only want to be people of the Ming Dynasty, and we don't want to be slaves of this little prince!"

"The little prince and his so-called former Yuan nobles are a group of jackals! A group of man-eating jackals! When they occupied our Central Plains before, they enslaved us and treated us like livestock! Later, Taizu drove them out and drove them back to the grassland! They were given official positions! But they are ungrateful and unsatisfied, and they still want to enter the pass to enslave us! These jackals must be eliminated!"

"Now this little prince has suddenly sent envoys to pay tribute. Brothers and sisters, do you think that this little prince has no ambition to make peace with our Ming Dynasty? No!
Throughout history, they have played many such tricks! The reason why they are paying tribute now is simply because after our wise emperor worked hard to govern the country, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has become stronger and the border defenses have become more complete. They can't plunder, so they can only ask us for benefits directly through paying tribute!
But who paid for the court's money? It was us. We were going to give it to His Majesty the Emperor to benefit the Ming Dynasty, not to the little prince! This little prince has always wanted to suck our money away!
This tribute was nothing but one of his conspiracy. You see, that was the delegation sent by the little prince to pay tribute. In the memorial they presented to His Majesty the Emperor, they wrote that they would offer three thousand good horses. But how could they bring three thousand good horses? All the horses following them were skinny horses, not even three thousand!

They are humiliating our Ming Dynasty! They are also humiliating us now!"

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In order to publicize the correctness of his Ming Empire's plan to recover Hetao and strengthen the army and the country, and to mobilize the participation of the people, thereby preventing domestic gentry and Confucian scholars from opposing the war and stimulating the enthusiasm of the military and civilians to participate in the war, Zhu Houzhao began to deliberately let Tang Bohu organize some court writers to give voluntary speeches or serve as newspaper readers in crowded places in the capital.

Because Zhu Houzhao would send people to secretly observe that some literati who were good at agitating the people would be given important positions, so these imperial literati were also very active.

And now, because the main external enemy is the little prince, the court writers are all spreading the news about the crimes of the little prince and other former Yuan nobles in enslaving the Mongols, their crimes in invading the Ming Dynasty, and their ambition to destroy the Ming Dynasty.

The little prince's special envoy Urusborot also heard these words when he entered the capital. As one of the few Tatar nobles who could understand Chinese, he naturally understood what these Han people said.

But precisely because of this, he felt humiliated. After all, he was the son of the Khan, and his father, the little prince, was the supreme Khan. How could he allow these lowly Han people to humiliate him like this?

"Nonsense! They are talking nonsense! These despicable Han people are slandering our Khan! They are defaming our Khan! Damn it! I will kill them!"

Therefore, Urusborot was about to draw his sword and chop the man, but was stopped by Gao Zehui:
"Master Jinong, calm down! We are here to pay tribute, so it's better not to kill anyone. Killing people in the Ming Dynasty is different from killing people in the Yuan Dynasty. You can't kill people at will. It's easy to get into trouble. Because the Han people believe that human life is of paramount importance, killing someone means paying with one's life! Then it will ruin the tribute!"

After hearing this, Urusbolot had no choice but to hold back from drawing his sword, but as he walked over, he still slapped Zhu Yunming, a scholar who was giving a street speech, in the face, and angrily scolded Zhu Yunming:
"You despicable Han Chinese! I am the son of the Great Khan, the honorable Jinong! Urusbolot! I will give you a whip today as a lesson! If you dare to insult my Great Khan again, I will not spare you! Killing you is like killing a Bo'ole (meaning a slave), it will only dirty my sword!"

"Asshole! How dare you run wild in the capital of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhang Lun, a student of the Imperial University, happened to see this scene when he was about to go out of town to hunt on holiday. He rode his horse over and also hit Urusborot in the face with his whip and started to scold him.

Urusborot was even more angry. Gao Zehui did not try to persuade him and he drew his sword to kill Zhang Lun:

"How dare you hit me, you lowly dog! I will chop you to pieces today!"

Zhang Lun was not afraid. He clenched his fists and stared at Urus Borot.

"stop!"

At this time, the city inspector Chang Zhengyi rode over hurriedly and shouted, and when Urusborot saw that he was an official of the Ming Dynasty, he retracted his knife, but still looked at Zhang Lun arrogantly.

"Two messengers, Young Master Zhang, what are you doing?"

The city inspector Chang Zhengyi asked.

At this time, Gao Zehui, who was beside Urusborot, spoke to the inspector Chang Zhengyi in a rather arrogant tone: "This censor has come at the right time. Our Lord Jinong came to pay tribute to your country under the order of the Great Khan, but the people of your country not only slandered and defamed our Great Khan, but also treated our Lord Jinong so disrespectfully! Our Lord Jinong was just teaching this pariah a lesson, but this young man directly beat our Lord Jinong! This is simply an unforgivable crime!

Now, our Lord Jinong is very angry, and we must make this young man kneel down and apologize to our Lord Jinong! Also, this lowly Han who slandered our Great Khan should be imprisoned! Otherwise, your country must bear the wrath of our Great Khan of the Yuan Dynasty! You should know that Lord Jinong, Prince Urusbolot, is the most beloved son of our Great Khan of the Yuan Dynasty! "After Gao Zehui said this, Urusbolot puffed up his chest even more proudly, sneered with disdain, and pointed at Zhu Yunming and Zhang Lun:

"That's right, I will make them kneel down and apologize to me! And I will punish them! Otherwise, I will kill them myself!"

"Sir! I am the second attendant of your majesty, Zhu Yunming! I have received your majesty's grace and I have not kneeled, so how can I kneel to the son of a slave chief! Moreover, this man is just a barbarian, but he is so arrogant. I beg you to severely punish this barbarian and establish the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Yunming was beaten with a whip for no reason and was extremely angry. After all, he was also a juren in the Ming Dynasty, and a very talented one at that.

Zhang Lun was also furious: "You want me to kneel down? No way!"

Chang Zhengyi, the imperial censor who patrolled the city, was extremely troubled by this. He bowed to Zhang Lun. After all, Zhang Lun was the eldest grandson of Duke Ying, so he advised:

"Young Master, they are envoys of tribute after all. Although their attitude is a little arrogant, they also come with sincerity. You are of noble status and should consider the face of the court. Don't act on impulse. Now that you have hit them, you can apologize. You don't have to kneel down. How about making amends, so as not to make a big fuss and let the old Duke know about it."

After persuading Zhang Lun, Chang Zhengyi reprimanded Zhu Yunming: "Since they are envoys coming to pay tribute, our Celestial Empire should welcome them with courtesy. Since you are a scholar, you should understand etiquette and reason. Even if the envoy hit you, can't you treat him with leniency?!"

At the same time, the imperial censor Chang Zhengyi personally apologized to Urusbolot and said, "Master Jinong, please forgive me. I am a young man who does not know etiquette and I hope you will forgive me for any offense!"

"Hello? If you don't deal with them, I will kill them myself!"

Urusborot drew his sword as he spoke. The painful whip wounds on his face made him even more furious, and he was about to chop at Zhang Lun again. Zhang Lun still glared at him, unwilling to show weakness.

"Lord Jinong! This young man is the eldest grandson of Duke Ying, and the scholar who offended you is also a candidate of the Ming Dynasty. If you kill them, it will easily make things worse. I beg you to forgive me again, let them apologize to you, and I will temporarily detain them in the Wucheng Bingmasi Prison!

If you are still angry, how about you report these two people's crimes to His Majesty when you meet him? If His Majesty is willing to help you, kill these two people to apologize! I have nothing to say, but if you kill them now, it will only affect the tribute!"

The city inspector Chang Zhengyi also had to say something serious.

However, after hearing what Chang Zhengyi said, and with the advice of his Han aide Gao Zehui, "Master Jinong, what this Ming court official said makes sense. The identities of these two people in front of us seem to be not simple. Killing them now may really affect the tribute. It would be better to let the Ming emperor kill them at that time."

Therefore, Urusbolot had no choice but to hold back his anger and said, "Well, let them apologize! Then, you can arrest them and put them in jail. Then I will let your emperor deal with you! Lowly Han people!"

Chang Zhengyi saw that Urusbolot had loosened his temper, and hurriedly looked at Zhang Lun: "Young Master! Big things should be reduced to small things, and small things should be reduced to nothing. Don't let it affect the important matters of the court!"

At the same time, Chang Zhengyi looked at Zhu Yunming again and said, "If you don't want me to impeach you, then apologize to the envoy!"

Zhang Lun had no choice but to dismount and bow to Urusbolot: "I'm sorry!"

Seeing this, Zhu Yunming could only bow and apologize: "I am sorry for the offense!"

Upon seeing this, the imperial censor Chang Zhengyi ordered the soldiers, "Take these two away! Wait for your majesty's decision."

Urusborot smiled coldly, and the Han aide Gao Zehui said:

"Master Jinong, rest assured! The Han people value peace above all else. Although these two men are of high status, their emperor will make the decision for us and execute these two Han people!"

"What do you mean by high status? We are just lowly Han people. I wish I could lead the cavalry and crush the Han people's kingdom!"

Urusborot said indignantly.

(End of this chapter)