My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 16 The Second Generation of Ming Dynasty God of War Appears
Zhu Di's actions made Zhu Yuanzhang so excited that he felt as if he had created that prosperous era himself.

Zhu Di was able to accomplish such a great feat because of his father Zhu's good education!
Zhu Yuanzhang thought smugly and continued reading.

"Although the seven voyages to the West created unparalleled achievements, they also consumed a lot of Ming national strength. After Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi ordered a halt to the voyages."

Yes, although the seven voyages to the West made the Ming Dynasty's prestige spread far and wide, it did consume too much national strength. It was rare that Zhu Gaochi was able to suspend the voyages and not show off his achievements.

No wonder the immortal also praised him as a wise ruler.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, but the next words in the letter caught him off guard.

"Unfortunately, after Zheng He's death, the Ming Dynasty completely stopped its voyages, and the maritime ban policy became even more severe.

What’s even worse is that someone burned all the precious navigation drawings and shipbuilding drawings, which directly caused China to lose the opportunity to understand the world. It also caused China’s shipbuilding technology to stagnate and even lag behind the world by hundreds of years!

You know, these treasure ships were the most advanced and largest ships in the world during the Yongle period!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned. Although he felt that this approach was a little inappropriate, he didn't think it was that serious.

"After seeing this, Lao Zhu, do you think there is no big problem in doing this?"

The immortal is really amazing. He even guessed what our old Zhu was thinking at this moment!

Zhu Yuanzhang widened his eyes and continued reading, not daring to miss anything.

"That's because, Old Zhu, you still don't have a clear enough understanding of the shipping and shipbuilding industries, sea rights, and even the world!
If I say that the hegemony of the future world will be established by relying on powerful super battleships, would you still think that destroying the treasure ship blueprints and prohibiting the development of shipbuilding technology is not a big deal?"

The future overlord of the world?
Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and thought, what the immortal means is that won’t our Ming Dynasty be the overlord of the future world?
The world hegemon is of course the world's most powerful country. In his opinion, the world's most powerful country at the moment is naturally the Ming Dynasty.

Will there be any country in the future that will be more powerful than China?
It seems that the shipbuilding industry needs to develop!
"Of course, it's not your fault, Zhu. Since the formation of the concept of the Han nation, China has always regarded itself as the Celestial Empire. Although this is true, it also limits the vision and pattern of China's view of the world.

If you are interested in these things, I will tell you in detail later."

Come on, Immortal, why do you stop here?

Zhu Yuanzhang's appetite had been whetted, but he didn't expect Li Han to suddenly change the subject and turn it directly to Zhu Gaochi.

"After Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi inherited the throne. During his reign, Zhu Gaochi rested and recuperated, implemented benevolent policies, and made the national strength of the Ming Dynasty fully developed. He was indeed a wise ruler."

Oh, I didn’t expect that the little fat boy Zhu Gaochi could become a wise ruler?
At this moment, the image of Zhu Gaochi emerged in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind. He was fat, honest, and cute. He was often bullied by Zhu Yunwen, and then came to him crying to complain.

He thought of Zhu Yunwen again. It is true that comparing people will lead to damnation, and comparing goods will lead to throwing them away!

"After Zhu Gaochi, his eldest son Zhu Zhanji succeeded to the throne. Zhu Zhanji did a good job, and the Ming Dynasty was full of vitality and everything was flourishing.

Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji worked hard to establish a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. "

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction. It seemed that the fourth brother and his descendants had done a really good job and had learned quite a bit from him, Zhu Yuanzhang.

"It's a pity that Zhu Zhanji had a problem that was fatal to the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Zhanji died too early!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart tightened immediately, and his breathing began to become rapid. An ominous premonition lingered in his heart. "After Zhu Zhanji passed away, his son Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne. From then on, the second generation of the Ming Dynasty's God of War Emperor made a brilliant appearance!"

Mars!

See you again God of War!

The word "God of War" is not a good word in the writing of the immortal!

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart ached when he thought of the series of outrageous actions taken by Li Jinglong, the "first generation god of war".

Could this second-generation God of War be capable of even more outrageous actions?
And what does this “knocking on the door” mean?

Even the immortals call him "The Emperor of Calling the Door", which I guess is not a good word!
"Because Zhu Zhanji died too early, he did not provide Zhu Qizhen with a good education, and more importantly, he did not pave the way for Zhu Qizhen to inherit the throne.

Therefore, after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, the only person he could rely on was his personal eunuch Wang Zhen.

Eunuchs’ monopoly of power?

Four bloody words floated through Zhu Yuanzhang's mind. No matter which dynasty, as long as the eunuchs abused their power and interfered in politics, that dynasty would not have a good ending!
Whether it was Zhao Gao at the end of the Qin Dynasty or the Ten Attendants at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all they brought to the dynasty was destruction!

It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yuanzhang strictly prohibited eunuchs from interfering in government affairs!
Could it be that our Ming Dynasty cannot escape this disaster?

"With Zhu Qizhen's favor, Wang Zhen began to become unscrupulous. Forming cliques for personal gain and taking bribes were nothing to him. The worst thing was that Wang Zhen secretly manufactured a large number of iron arrowheads and other weapons and sold them to the Oirat Mongols for huge profits!"

This damn eunuch is hateful and deserves to be killed!

"After the Oirat unified the various tribes, Zhu Di was at the height of his power at that time, so the Oirat had no choice but to submit to the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute every year.

The Ming court also gladly accepted the tribute from the Oirat Mongols, which not only reduced war expenses but also maintained stability on the border. Therefore, every time the Oirat Mongols paid tribute, they were generously rewarded, and even rewards were given based on the number of people.

As the saying goes, greed is the ultimate goal. After tasting the sweetness, more and more people from the Oirat came to pay tribute. After Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, the number of tribute payers reached more than 2,000.

These guys even learned to falsify the number of people. If there were 2,000 people, they would report 3,000. If there were 3,000 people, they would report 4,000. The worst incident was when they reported five times the actual number of people. They were really trying to squeeze the fat goose of the Ming Dynasty to death!

Even if the Ming Dynasty was powerful and wealthy, it would not be able to withstand the actions of the Oirat Mongols.

The landlords don’t have any surplus food!”

Zhu Yuanzhang's blood pressure began to soar again. You Wala, you bunch of Tatar barbarians, I will never let you go!
"The Ming court was certainly not stupid. They knew that the Oirat Mongols were clearly out to take advantage of the rich, so they stopped rewarding the Oirat tribute team.

As a result, the Oirat, a group of ungrateful people, launched a massive attack on the Ming Dynasty, advancing towards Ganzhou, attacking Xuanfu and Chicheng in one direction, and Datong in another.

Due to Zhu Qizhen's excessive favor, Wang Zhen interfered in state affairs unscrupulously. Although he was restrained by important ministers such as Yang Shiqi, years of internal friction led to the slackness of the Ming border army's military preparedness, resulting in successive defeats on the front line. Xuanfu, Datong and other places were in danger.

Logically speaking, given the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it only needs to reorganize its troops and dispatch elite troops to cooperate with the border troops to counterattack the invading enemy, but Wang Zhen and Zhu Qizhen started to make a big move at this time. "

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