Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 161 Something More Scary

Inside the Harem Palace of Compassion and Ning.

The Empress Dowager has just received great news that Jiangnan Xiunv has arrived in the capital and is about to enter the palace.

Since ancient times, there have been beauties in the south of the Yangtze River, especially the generation of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Xishi is the most typical representative of this place.

They are always beautiful, and all of them are good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and they are also good at various ditties.

For the first batch of beautiful girls entering the palace, the emperor only favored Liu Ruyue, which showed that the quality of the first batch of beautiful girls entering the palace was not high.

After hearing the news, the Queen Mother gave instructions as soon as possible.

"It seems that Aijia is going to audition for Zhao'er himself this time. Zhaoyi's eyes are not suitable for Zhao'er's aesthetics."

"The slaves and maidservants will accompany the Queen Mother to serve as her staff."

They haven't entered the palace yet, after they come in, I will ask you to give advice

Inside the Golden Palace.

All the civil and military officials were extremely excited because of the victory on the front line of Datong Mansion.

Zhu Houzhao circulated the front-line report, and asked every minister to read the content carefully.

"The leader of the Wara guard was shot on the spot and died among the rebellious army."

When Zhu Houzhao and the ministers read this one by one, they wept with joy, because many deeds that participated in the Tumubao were still vivid in his mind.

This time, it can be regarded as avenging shame!
All this is thanks to His Majesty.

If it weren't for His Majesty's wise decision-making, I am afraid that he would still have to tighten his belt to live by now.

Even, many people still think about being invaded by foreigners at any moment.

The Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes and regained its former glory. All this depends on having a good emperor!

"The shame of Tumu Fortress has been bloodbathed for them, and now, my ancestors can rest in peace!"

"Those soldiers who died in the war can also rest in peace!"

Some ministers knelt down on the ground one after another and began to cry loudly. Zhu Houzhao did not stop their actions, because love naturally grows deeper. These people really felt that today's peace was hard-won.

The shame of Tumubao back then was not only a shame for the imperial court, but also a shame for the entire Ming Dynasty.

This time, the humiliation was completely washed away and those external forces were attacked. This was a battle that will go down in history for the entire Ming Dynasty.

All the fury that had been suppressed in the hearts of the officials for a long time, all vented out.

Zhu Houzhao inspected the ministers and said: "My dear friends, the shame of the Tumu Fortress will be cleaned up today. However, this does not mean that peace will definitely come. You must always remember my words. If I am here If you don't move forward, you will be too sorry for your ancestors."

"Only by encouraging myself can I, Da Ming, become a real kingdom of heaven!"

"All of this is not only decided by me alone, but also depends on you dear ministers to make my Ming Dynasty stand in the east forever."

Zhu Houzhao's words immediately excited all the officials, and all civil and military officials knelt down in unison, and replied in unison: "I will follow your Majesty's instructions!"

After the dynasty was over, Zhu Houzhao stopped Qi Jingtong alone, and he wanted to continue to ask this well-informed official in Xinjiang for advice.

In the back garden, Qi Jingtong followed Zhu Houzhao to the place where he last summoned Lord Tietan.

"What other problems did you find outside?" Zhu Houzhao asked.

Qi Jingtong thought carefully about Zhu Houzhao's words. Now, he wanted to tell the young emperor all the words. If he missed this opportunity, he might never have another chance in the future.

It's not that he doesn't know the difficulty of the reform of the Ming Dynasty. The biggest resistance belongs to the aristocratic families below. In addition, it is the power of the various vassal kings below.

Now, taking advantage of the land and power in their hands, the vassal kings began to slowly hoard their own strength. While the vassal kings in various places continued to seek dividends, they continued to increase the power in their hands, and then oppressed the good.

Thinking of this, Qi Jingtong cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, apart from the aristocratic families, the most dangerous people outside are the feudal lords from all over the world."

"What? Is the vassal king also making trouble?" Zhu Houzhao thought of his uncle Tie Dan Shenhou. What he feared most was chaos within the royal family.

What happened to Emperor Jianwen back then was that he was too merciful to his uncles and vassal kings, otherwise, the course of history would have changed.

Qi Jingtong shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the feudal lords of various places are not causing chaos, but they are taking advantage of the power and special status in their hands, often expropriating land and cargo ships for smuggling, and even forcing some unscrupulous businessmen to make profits for them."

"Are they just bullying some businessmen?"

If you just bully some businessmen, that's fine. Anyway, in the minds of ordinary people, except for some kind-hearted people, other businessmen are not good people.

Although Zhu Houzhao didn't have much affection for these businessmen, and at the same time, he couldn't say how much he hated them. If it weren't for the fact that these people still have some use value, Zhu Houzhao would like to issue a decree right now to kill donkeys.

Earn enough money from Daming, then reinvest all the money into the country, and confiscate their homes, isn't it killing two birds with one stone?

"But."

When I heard Qi Jingtong say something important, I paused for a while, knowing that what I was going to say next was also the key point, so I stopped interrupting Qi Jingtong's words.

"But, Your Majesty, these are not the most terrifying things. The most terrifying thing is that these vassal kings got some firearms from who knows where. Each one is full of firepower, and there are even a lot of artillery inside. The quality is excellent. And they also have specialized gunners, which is the most frightening thing!”

After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he frowned tightly.

What exactly is going on?The Ministry of Industry has never disclosed the principle and machinery of making artillery. Are there still experts in the world?

"Is there a tiger crouching cannon in the hands of the feudal lord?"

"Yes, and there are a lot of them."

The standard weapon of the Ming Dynasty is the Crouching Tiger Cannon. The newly developed Shenwu Artillery has not yet been put into large-scale use.

"Could it be that these artillery are all smuggled in?" A thought flashed in Zhu Houzhao's mind.

When he heard the word artillery, a flash of light flashed in his mind. Doing business within the scope of the Ming Dynasty, he could carry artillery and install it on ships, but these were all registered.

It is impossible for these feudal kings to have standard weapons. If they do, it would be a bit scary.

Is this the link that went wrong?

The emperor always disliked the possession of weapons by the vassal kings. Although the Ming royal family had some regulations requiring the vassal kings to have certain weapons for self-protection, it was not a good thing that the weapons were too complicated, or simply owning artillery.

"You mean, they have the standard weapons in the army?" Zhu Houzhao's voice was obviously a little weak. This must be someone secretly doing arms trading.

Smuggling is impossible, because many technologies of foreigners are still stolen from China.

The princes have artillery in their hands, so what are they going to do?
"I still don't know much about the feudal lords in various places. Later, you will accompany me and give me a serious analysis, especially if you see feudal lords with standard weapons. Next, I will deal with them well."

Zhu Houzhao turned around and said to Xiao Fangzi beside him, "It is said that Cao Zhengchun will come to see me immediately! There must be no mistake!"

"According to the order!"

(End of this chapter)