Emperor Zhengde

Chapter 171 The Ming Dynasty must be full of blood!
Not long after Zhu Houzhao dismissed the court, Duke Yingguo Zhang Mao brought Zhang Lun to ask for a meeting with Zhu Houzhao, and Zhu Houzhao summoned them in.

"Your Majesty, I, an old minister, have brought Zhang Lun to you to apologize!" Zhang Mao bowed deeply when he saw Zhu Houzhao, and Zhang Lun followed suit.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask: "What crime are you asking for?"

"Zhang Lun was young and offended the envoy, which almost caused a disaster for the Ming Dynasty!" Zhang Mao replied.

"Zhang Lun is not guilty, but he made a mistake," Zhu Houzhao said, and then asked Zhang Lun, "Zhang Lun, do you know what mistake you made?"

Zhang Lun naturally didn't know either. He was caught by the city inspector Chang Zhengyi and then quickly released. After all, Chang Zhengyi didn't dare to really put them in jail. But Zhang Lun still told the Duke of England Zhang Mao about it.

Duke Yingguo Zhang Mao knew that tribute from foreign vassal states was no small matter, especially since they were the little prince's men, so he had no choice but to bring his grandson to apologize, also to test the waters to see if Emperor Zhu Houzhao would really blame his grandson in order to appease the little prince's envoys.

"Your Majesty, please let me know," was all Zhang Lun could say.

"You are wrong because you don't have the blood of a general! A barbarian dared to whip my people at will in my Ming Dynasty. As a descendant of a general, why didn't you kill him on the spot! You even allowed him to be arrogant in my court and put yourself in jail! Isn't it shameful! Do you really think I will execute you for a barbarian? You are like a coward! How can I expect people like you to protect my Ming Dynasty and my people!"

Zhu Houzhao scolded loudly.

Zhang Lun did not expect that he would be scolded, not because he offended the envoy, but because he should not be arrogant. He could not help but explain:

"Your Majesty, I am not a coward! If that Chang guy hadn't brought up my grandfather, I would have killed him long ago!"

"Don't explain! Get back here! Seeing a coward like you, I feel ashamed for your ancestors!"

Zhu Houzhao said this and left with a wave of his sleeves.

Zhang Lun couldn't help but stand up and wanted to explain again. His muscles and bones were tense and he wanted to kill Urusborot right now. But at this time, Zhang Mao still held Zhang Lun back:
"Foolish child, you are so excited by His Majesty's provocation! It's meaningless for you to kill Urusborot now. Don't you really understand His Majesty's meaning? He is telling us that His Majesty intends to revitalize the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty and does not want us nobles to be as weak as the civil officials. His Majesty wants to use us nobles and let us continue to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty. Go back and practice martial arts and military tactics well, which will be of great use in the future!"

After Zhang Mao said this, Zhang Lun felt a little calmer, but Zhu Houzhao's words that he was a coward still pierced his heart like a thorn. Whenever he closed his eyes, he would think of Zhu Houzhao's scolding him. He suddenly wanted to kill a few Tartars immediately to prove that he was not a coward.

Zhu Houzhao knew that with the development of the Ming Dynasty to this day, under the background of the great era of respecting culture and suppressing military power, many military officials and nobles had lost their courage. They were first-rate in infighting and encroaching on the people's interests, but they were no longer as brave as they used to be when it came to leading troops to fight and dealing with foreign enemies. Otherwise, they would not have been suppressed by civil officials all the time. In history, they even surrendered in rows when the Ming Dynasty was destroyed. Their cowardice was no less than that of the civil officials.

Now Zhu Houzhao wants to inspire the bloodiness in these people's bones in various ways, so as to prevent these nobles from forgetting what their mission is.

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Because Zhu Houzhao took a tough stance towards foreign countries, his subordinates also began to change their attitudes.

Although Urusborot was punished with flogging, he still had to continue to fulfill his mission of paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, when the Minister of the Imperial Household Department Zhai Ming sent someone to Huitong Hall to summon him, he still had no choice but to come to the Imperial Household Department obediently.

"Jinong Urusbolot, your noble country said it would offer 3,000 good horses, but you gave 300 inferior horses instead. What do you mean by this? Are you trying to deceive the Ming Dynasty, or are these 300 inferior horses just beasts that you, Urusbolot, brought to sell? Your tribute horses have not been brought yet?" asked Zhai Ming, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department.

"These are three thousand good horses!" Urusborot replied directly.

"How dare you! It seems that you have no sincerity. I will report your actions of deceiving the Ming Dynasty to His Majesty! In addition, you have now committed the crime of deceiving His Majesty! You are not allowed to leave the capital without permission! I will write to the Cabinet and the Ministry of Justice to arrest you! Then His Majesty will judge you!"

After Zhai Ming finished speaking, he let Urusborot leave on his own and no longer offered to see him off.

Urusborot became more and more angry. He did not expect that when he came to pay tribute, he was not only bullied by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but now even a Ming official dared to bully him. He now wished he could return to Tatar immediately, tell the little prince about this, and then lead tens of thousands of cavalry to attack the Ming Dynasty.

But now he cannot leave, and there is a possibility that he will be detained and tried.

The more Urusborot thought about this, the more depressed he became. What made him even more depressed was that the officials of the Ministry of Rites no longer treated him well and did not even mention rewarding him in return.

Urusborot began to regret obeying the order of his father Khan to go on a diplomatic mission to the Ming Dynasty. He found that it was impossible to gain any benefit from paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty, and it was not as profitable as direct plundering.

Urusborot could only drink alone in Huitong Hall. He couldn't help but recall his previous experience of killing Han people at will. He hated this feeling, the feeling of being controlled by the Han people and confined in Huitong Hall. Therefore, he wanted to leave Huitong Hall while he was drunk.

The officials of Huitong Hall came over to stop him immediately upon seeing this: "Master Jinong! You are not allowed to leave here without the permission of the court!"

"Get out of the way! You lowly Han people, you want to stop me? Believe it or not, I will kill you! Do you know how many Han people I have killed? You dare to stop me, you are looking for death!"

Urusborot started to scold with a little bit of alcohol in his body, and the officials below were also instinctively afraid of Urusborot. After all, Urusborot was very tall and strong.

Therefore, Urusbolot left Huitong Hall and came to Wuman City. He wandered around and saw a house and broke into it. The owner of the house saw this and shouted, "What do you want to do!"

Urusborot snorted and pushed the owner of the house away. Urusborot, who was always good at robbing houses, broke into the inner courtyard of the house. When he saw a young woman cooking in the kitchen, he walked over with drooling and a lewd smile, and immediately threw the young woman to the ground.

When the owner of the house saw that his wife was about to be insulted, he hurried over to stop Urusborot and said, "My dear man! No matter which tribe of the Tatars you are from, you are not allowed to insult my wife. Otherwise, I will report you to the police!"

"You lowly Han Chinese! Die for me!"

Urusborot simply picked up a kitchen knife and chopped at the owner of the house, killing him on the spot!
At this time, officials under Huitongguan had already reported to Tiebo, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, that Urusborot had left Huitongguan without permission, and they also rushed over with officers and soldiers, only to see Urusborot killing the Ming citizen.

After this plot, we have to ask a question, should Urusbolot be killed? Killing is to maintain justice and safeguard the extraterritoriality of the Great Ming Dynasty! Not killing can avoid angering the little prince. Although Zhu Houzhao's tough attitude towards Urusbolot's tribute has angered the little prince, if he kills his son, it will be even more impossible to end.

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