Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 51
"Actually, my father has long known about the corruption and secret cultivation of power in the East and West factories, but he has never dealt with them."

"Because only in this way, the cabinet and the eastern and western factories can check and balance each other, allowing them to fight against each other while leaving you with more room for growth."

"But father is also afraid, afraid that one of them will grow bigger, to the point where you can't deal with it, then it will be troublesome."

"For this reason, Father has left three hole cards for you."

"The first hole card is your uncle. The Dragon Hulong Villa he built includes all the forces in the world. Even if you lose to them one day, at least under the protection of the Dragon Hulong Villa, you and your mother will be protected." safety."

"Tiedan God, he has been obsessed with martial arts all his life. He has no intention of meddling in government affairs. You can completely rely on him."

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao secretly admired his father's foresight and sagacity. It is commendable that he can think of this level for himself.

Emperor Hongzhi was able to think about their escape route, which shows his good intentions.

"The second hole card is a royal secret passage, which is a secret passage established by Emperor Yongle for future generations when Emperor Yongle was in power."

"When Emperor Yongle broke through Nanjing, Emperor Jianwen escaped by relying on the secret road built by Emperor Hongwu. Later, the monk in black told Emperor Yongle that by building such a secret road, the Zhu family's descendants could always escape the result of cannibalism. "

"Since the capital was moved, four secret passages have been built in the Forbidden City, and only the current emperor knows about it."

"But my father was worried that this secret passage would be discovered and used by other traitors, so my father sealed off the other three secret passages, leaving only one secret passage under the seventh white stone on the right side of the throne in the Xuanzheng Hall of Qianqing Palace. "

"If you encounter an emergency, you can open it and dig a foot deep to find the secret path inside."

Seeing this, Zhu Houzhao was shocked.

I have been in court for more than two months, and I didn't even know there was such a secret way!
"And the third hole card is in the nine important towns."

"They are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty. They are well-known ministers and generals carefully selected by the emperor. They will be responsible for guarding."

"If there is a foreign invasion, or if the vassal king insults your mother and son, you can use a decree to mobilize 80 heavy troops from the capital to serve the king."

When Zhu Houzhao saw the last hole card, he couldn't help taking a deep breath.

In this decree, there are detailed records of each general's garrison position and troop deployment.

Nine border towns, ten generals.

In addition, there are also anti-Japanese soldiers who are not known to the court ministers, and they are all practicing in secret.

If once he is ostracized by the cabinet or eunuchs, he will activate it secretly, and 80 soldiers and horses will march into Beijing. No matter whether it is the eunuchs or the cabinet, no matter how powerful they are, they will not be able to resist.

No matter how urgent the situation was at the time, once the photos of the deceased were released, the country could be settled in peace.

Inside the Cining Palace.

Zhu Houzhao was deeply shocked by the content of the imperial decree.

It can be said that there were certain reasons for Emperor Hongzhi's death that year, but also because of this, he left behind for later generations.

From the imperial edict, we can see Emperor Hongzhi's love for himself and the Queen Mother.

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhu Houzhao's shocked face, and said earnestly, "This order was left to you by your father and emperor. Today I will entrust it to you. I hope that one day, you can become the Ming emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Speaking of this, the Empress Dowager's eyes glistened with tears.
"Mother, don't worry, this minister will definitely not disappoint the father and emperor's trust in the child."

Zhu Houzhao held the imperial decree tightly. This was not only his promise to the first emperor, but also his promise to the people of the world.

The Empress Dowager Zhang nodded in relief when she heard the words, and said to Zhu Houzhao earnestly, "Zhaoer, in fact, the Queen Mother shouldn't have said that."

"But the queen mother believes in you, you are more talented than your father, you can achieve such achievements at a young age, and only you can fulfill your father's wish back then."

"Father's wish back then?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at the Queen Mother in surprise, his face full of doubts.

The queen mother nodded slightly, and pushed the red box containing the imperial decree to Zhu Houzhao.

Zhu Houzhao took a closer look and found pieces of rice paper stained with blood at the bottom of the box.

Although the Queen Mother hadn't spoken yet, Zhu Houzhao had basically guessed that the rice paper might be stained with the blood of Emperor Hongzhi.

"This blood?"

The queen mother wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, as if recalling everything back then, she said in a choked voice: "Yes, this is exactly what your father worked hard for back then."

"Actually, your royal father died of illness after a long period of depression."

"What? I've been sick for a long time? What did the father do?" Zhu Houzhao asked with wide-eyed eyes.

The queen mother slowly took out the blood-stained rice paper and handed it to Zhu Houzhao.

"You open it yourself and you'll know."

Zhu Houzhao unfolded the yellowed rice paper and looked carefully.

I saw five big characters written on each piece of rice paper: Change of Tumubao.

Zhu Houzhao's face was gloomy, and he naturally thought of that extremely humiliating episode in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The fact that Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was defeated in the northern conquest of Wala was a failed battle in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, this foreign war was also the most humiliating one.

More than half of the Ming army suffered more than 20 casualties, lost more than 20 horses, and countless armors and equipment.

Zhang Fu, Duke of Great Britain, Grand Master, Chen Ying, Marquis of Taining, Jin Yuan, Governor-in-law, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.
More than 50 officials from the DPRK and China died. The final result was that Ming Yingzong was captured and foreign troops entered the capital.

Daming was forced to re-establish a new emperor, so that the court and the world were stabilized.

With the determination to live and die with the capital, Yu Qian and his soldiers fought bloody battles to kill the enemy.

In the end, it resisted Wala's attack.

But the crisis of the Ming Dynasty was not resolved.

The foreign Tatars divided their troops and attacked. The Ming Dynasty suffered more than [-] casualties in advance, and the soldiers and civilians also devoted themselves to resisting the foreign invaders.

In the end, after mobilizing the Shandong army, Qin Wang, who came from various vassal kings, was able to completely repel the attack of the foreign army.

But it was also the change of the civil castle that caused various faults to appear in the entire Ming Dynasty.

In terms of ordnance and equipment, the losses were heavy and could not be recovered in a short time.
A large number of deaths among officials caused a cultural and economic fault in Daming, and everything fell into the fault.

Even later, the Ming Dynasty never got out of the fault.

During these long years, it was not that Emperor Hongzhi did not want to avenge the hatred of the past, but what really made it difficult for him to achieve was that the court really had no money and could not support him to do that.

After undergoing a major change, the cabinet and eunuchs fought each other, and there were many factions in the court.

You must know that fighting a big battle not only costs troops, but also money.

Emperor Hongzhi used imperial power to stabilize the situation in the court.

However, it is really powerless to spare most of the time and financial resources to avenge the hatred of the year.

He also understands that once the misfortune of the year occurs in the court, it will be a disaster for the entire Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely this point that Emperor Hongzhi died in depression.

Looking at each piece of rice paper, Zhu Hou looked at the rice paper, remembering the hardships of Emperor Hongzhi back then, and a sense of admiration arose in his heart.

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(End of this chapter)