I am the king of the dead

For a while, the Chengyun Hall of Wei Ning Palace in Daning was a little quiet.

Zhu Zhanqian shook his head with a smile and said, "It doesn't matter to him, leave it to His Majesty, and we will do our business well."

"He Lin sent an envoy over two days ago, will your Highness see you?" Luo Bingzhong asked in a low voice.

Zhu Zhanqian nodded after thinking for a while and said, "Let's see each other."

For the sake of peace, they both tried and communicated for the last time. Of course, there was no reason for this meeting.

Daming's appeal is to completely king Tatar and Wuliangha, while Helinwala's appeal is to have a buffer zone to ease the friction between each other.

This kind of fundamental interest appeal directly led to the failure of the peace talks. After the two sides exchanged opinions, they found that the lips of the donkey were completely wrong, and there was no result.

And Yang Jun also wrote the memorial to invite the battle. After Zhu Zhanqian got the golden seal, he sent the memorial to the capital and handed it over to the court for discussion.

After reading the memorial, Zhu Qiyu said to Xing'an: "The Prefect of Ara is planning to rebel and is going to attack our Ming army. Naturally, the court has to deal with it. At this time, the capital camp is mobilized, and the defense of the capital is empty. Then His Royal Highness King Xiang rushed from Daningwei on the [-]th. As far as Gubeikou, the capital can be besieged within fifteen days!"

"I don't have a single soldier in my hands, so I can only open the city and surrender, and welcome His Highness King Xiang to take the throne. No, it doesn't even take me to surrender the city. I think His Highness King Xiang has been waiting for this day for a long time, and he must have bought the guard long ago. .”

"At that time, His Royal Highness King Xiang will be merciful and leave me a whole body. The whole family of Prince Yi's mansion will be punished. Xing'an, don't you think so?"

Xing'an was so frightened that his face turned pale. How did this good memorial become like this?Your Majesty and King Xiang, the uncles and nephews, have worked hard for the sake of Ming Dynasty. King Xiang has given way three times and refused to give up.

Xing'an said eagerly: "No, no! His Royal Highness King Xiang is not like this... Your Majesty... His Royal Highness King Xiang has never had any intention of being a big man. Friendship."

Seeing Xing'an's flustered look, Zhu Qiyu was also amused, and continued to ask: "You said that King Xiang has no intention of being a big man? Who in the world doesn't want to sit in my seat? For this seat, how much blood has been shed since ancient times? How many heads."

"You also said that His Royal Highness King Xiang is devoting himself to Da Ming. If he doesn't seek a big position, why is he so busy?"

Xing'an's brow was full of sweat, and he said in a hurry: "It's not like this, it's not like this, Your Majesty, I think... I think that I can take advantage of the Chinese New Year to call His Royal Highness King Xiang back to Beijing, yes, yes, call Your Highness will be back."

Xing'an thought that the holy family would become dull if they didn't see each other for a long time, so he asked King Xiang to come back, and when everyone met, the holy family would naturally come back.

"Well, not bad." Zhu Qiyu nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then call King Xiang back to Beijing."

"Minister Zunzhi." Xing'an breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still extremely worried.

His Majesty suddenly became suspicious of King Xiang, which really made Xing'an have to worry.

"What are you thinking? There is going to be a war soon. King Xiang is in Helin. If he is assassinated, wouldn't I lose my uncle? Call him back and hide for a few days. After the fight is over, I will go back and continue Wang Huata. Tart." Zhu Qiyu no longer teased Xing'an, it's not good to scare Xing'an out of good or bad.

"Ah?" Xing'an was slow to sue, His Majesty's conversation changed too fast, so fast that he, the old ancestor in the palace, didn't even catch the first big pen.

"The possibilities I mentioned just now are all people who play this trick. I hope I think so, but I don't know about King Xiang? If I don't smoke, he would rather sing and dance in King Xiang's mansion." Zhu Qiyu Pointing to the thick memorial on the table, he said: "If you give him this seat, he will feel like sitting on pins and needles."

"In the third year of Jingtai, I left King Xiang to supervise the country to suppress the rebellion. King Xiang really wanted to seize the throne. The best way was to poison me, but he didn't do anything. Prince Zhide is virtuous."

Can Zhu Zhanqian do it?He himself is definitely not good, but the most indispensable thing in the world is a conspirator, and no one can refuse to follow the dragon's work.

Zhu Qiyu's position is for King Xiang, and King Xiang doesn't even want it. He gets up before five o'clock, inspecting military horses, presiding over court meetings, intrigues, and observing people's sentiments every day. It is normal to be busy all year round. ?

King Xiang was running around for the world, and it was Zhu Qiyu who was whipped behind him.

"This frightens me, my soul has drifted three feet away, and the six gods have no master." The stone in Xing'an's heart fell to the ground, and he said with relief.

King Xiang is the pillar and living signboard of the clan, if it collapses because of some unwarranted incidents, where is the reasoning?

Xing'an suddenly understood why Song Gaozong would kill Yue Fei. There was no need for such a thing, and he would fall into the trap if he was not careful. Some seemingly unrelated things, with constantly increasing psychological hints, made absurd actions under such circumstances. It is not surprising that the decision comes.

It can only be said that Song Gaozong was stupid.

"Call the courtiers and the generals to come to the Wutang to discuss the next step against Helin." Zhu Qiyu looked at Xing'an and said with a smile: "This trick is actually very clever. It's a series of tricks. As long as you don't pay attention, you will fall into this trap. It's a pity that they picked the wrong person, it's not good to pick anyone, and pick the emperor uncle to trick you."

The only loophole in this strategy is that it fell on Zhu Zhanqian. Even if Zhu Zhanqian has a little ambition, he will not lose any ambition at all.

"That's right, His Royal Highness King Xiang is the Prince of Zhide, that's virtuous." Xing'an hurriedly responded, and then went to call a group of ministers and generals to discuss matters, and sent someone to invite King Xiang back.

Soon, the courtiers and generals all gathered together, and those who came were all the direct descendants of Zhu Qiyu's direct descendants, probably Yu Qian, Wang Wen, Jiang Yuan, Wang Ao, Shi Heng, Zhu Yi and others.

All the ministers greeted the ceremony, and Zhu Qiyu took his seat.

After Zhu Qiyu looked around, he said with a serious expression: "You all have read the memorials of Uncle Emperor and Marquis Changping. I think the time has come."

"I have waited for one day, ten years, the soldiers of the buried fortress have waited for ten years, their relatives have waited for ten years, and even many of them are no longer alive."

"Xing'an, please bring the spirit tablet from the Imperial Study Room."

Xing'an hurriedly went to ask for the spirit tablet, and His Majesty took it with him personally and on his southern tour. In the past ten years, His Majesty would offer incense sticks every Mid-Autumn Festival, and then sit quietly for a while. He didn't miss it all year. Xing'an watched His Majesty wait for ten years.

Some people know this spirit card, some people don't know it, all the humerus ministers who can enter the imperial study room to discuss matters know this card, but they have never seen what is written on it.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the spirit tablet, and continued: "No matter how absurd King Jili is, it is the Wala people who killed the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty."

"I want to avenge them. I dream of it. But I can't do it. The Sri Lankan people are gone. The result of my easy northern expedition is the neglect of the living and the blasphemy of the dead."

"There is no cavalry, the lone army goes deep, and there are enemies in all directions. I have been waiting, waiting for the king to turn into a Tartar, waiting for Ming to train cavalry. I have waited for ten years, and they have also waited for ten years."

What are cavalry?It is mobility, the most important bargaining chip on the battlefield, mobility.

Zhu Qiyu turned over the spirit tablet, on which it was written: 'The loyal souls buried in the Qingshan can't sleep, and the civil and natural changes are the positions of the fallen soldiers'.

In fact, Yu Qian had already guessed what was on it. He knew that His Majesty had a knot in his heart, and it was an inextricable knot. Today, His Majesty finally spoke out about it.

Zhu Qiyu laughed at himself and said: "It's ridiculous to say, I don't believe in Buddha or God, let alone talk about strange powers and gods, but every time I burn incense on this spirit card, I can always see endless innocent souls, they are rolling, Hysterical, hideous and distorted screaming silently, they cried silently."

"It's fake, it's heart disease, I know it."

"I also persuaded myself, but I can't cure this heart disease."

"Everyone, how to treat this disease? Heart disease needs heart medicine."

How to cure His Majesty's illness?

The blood of the Oirats is the emperor's medicine. Only by sweeping the caves and plowing the courts of the Oirats can they be cured. Only when the word "Wala" disappears in the long river of history and becomes a historical symbol can this heart disease be cured.

What should I do if Walasi enters?

Then chase to the ends of the earth.

Chapter 831 Helin, the place where the country prospers the king

For the courtiers, the Ming Emperor is a black box, and some parameters need to be input into it to guess how His Majesty will deal with it.

The types of these parameters vary from person to person, including several parameters such as economy, people's livelihood, politics, loyalty, and throne.

The weight of these parameters also varies from person to person, and each person attaches different importance to each parameter.

Guess His Majesty's decision is to input parameters into this black box because of a certain matter, but several parameters need to be input, and the weight of these parameters is a blind spot, and it is difficult to weigh.

It is a very common norm to judge people by oneself, so some civil servants always input wrong parameters and weights, and then guessed wrongly about His Majesty's decision.

In the eyes of some courtiers, some things were simply intolerable, but His Majesty just laughed them off. For example, the students from Nan Ya were clamoring to see His Majesty outside the Hongwu Gate. His Majesty not only met them, but also forgave these students.

In the eyes of these courtiers, some things should be tolerable, but often His Majesty will be furious, such as the life and death of some craftsmen and farmers, His Majesty is more important than the sky.

This kind of parameter input error and weight ratio error have caused some civil servants to always be inaccurate about His Majesty's pulse. Every time they play a trick, it seems that there is no solution in their philosophy, but for His Majesty, they can't play a full role. The effect of a little bit.

In short, some civil servants and His Majesty can't urinate in the same pot.

Therefore, it is only natural that the impeccable conspiracy and trap against His Royal Highness Xiang became a joke.

But this time, it was the first time Zhu Qiyu opened the black box and told the courtiers what he was thinking, his parameters and weight.

This heart disease has been going on for ten years.

Zhu Qiyu signaled Xing'an to take the spirit card back and put it away. The Oirats had already moved westward, and there were only a small number of Oirats left in Helin. This was not revenge at all, but Daming now had enough cavalry. The traces of the heart show.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Let's go back to the Battle of Lingbei in the fifth year of Hongwu. In the fifth year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao ambitiously ordered that the Ming Dynasty's [-] troops march out in three directions, intending to wipe out the lingering Northern Yuan court in one fell swoop."

"However, the middle road was defeated, and the east road had no harvest. Only the west road army had a little harvest. But in the end, Feng Sheng abandoned the land and vomited out whatever he ate."

"At the beginning, I didn't know how many old officials of the Beiyuan Dynasty secretly ridiculed Emperor Gao's move. If it wasn't for the 21st year of Hongwu, when the Yuerhai victory defeated the Beiyuan court, Emperor Gao didn't know what he would be scolded for. appearance."

"Why did Emperor Gao and Emperor Wen unswervingly pursue the Northern Expedition, again and again, for a total of thirteen times?"

A person who became the emperor with a beggar's bowl suffered many consequences after the military operation failed, but in the end, Emperor Gao won, Ming won, and Bei Yuan fell.

But the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Lingbei is still a scar, and it still has a positive reference for Zhu Qiyu.

Zhu Qiyu said sadly: "That day Hu Shaoshi, Hu Min, talked to me about Hu Yuan's hundred years, and he said one thing. During these hundred years, scholars all went to Helin, just like a pilgrimage. For example, a man named Yuji With the permission of the imperial court, the Han people went to Helin."

"In his poems, in his eyes, Helin is richer than the city, where scholars are not inferior to others, Jia has no money, and lucky people strive for it. Such a world of Datong."

Military, political, economic, and cultural are closely related and absolutely impossible to exist alone.The military guarantees political stability, and political stability determines the quality of the economy, and the material foundation determines the rise and fall of culture.

When the military cannot guarantee political power, they will not be able to be confident culturally, and they will feel that a poor and scumbag place like Helin is a world of great harmony and their divine kingdom on earth.

Why did Emperor Gao and Emperor Wen make thirteen Northern Expeditions, and Emperor Wen went on five expeditions himself, and finally died on the way?

Because Emperor Gao and Emperor Wen are fighting for the destiny of Daming.

This destiny was won, but the descendants were unfilial and failed to keep it.

"It's a bit far away to say these things. Time flies. Now when we talk about Hu Yuan, Bei Yuan, Bei Yuan Hanting and the current Yuan descendants, the courtiers are called Beilu or barbarians. He Lin is no longer the world of Datong. It's poor mountains and valleys."

"Of course it's hard for us to understand. The climate and direction of the year have changed." Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "But I never thought that the Battle of Lingbei was wrong."

"Xing'an, get the map of Kanyu."

Xing'an knew what map His Majesty wanted, so he rolled out a huge map from the imperial study and placed it in the huge conference hall. This map was the world that Daming had already discovered.

A part of Europe has been detected and marked, and Manbasa in Africa is also on the map.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, pulled out the long pole on the bracket, clicked on the location of Helin, and pointed to the boundary of the map with a swipe of his hand, and said: "From Helin to Kashan, the total is only six thousand miles, which is far less During the Tang Dynasty, the athletes of the Long March traveled [-] miles to Kashgar."

"Among the poets who have traveled to Helin, there is a saying that is quite correct. Wang Yun said that Helin is the place where the country prospers the king. It is based on the upper reaches to build Zhongxia, and to control the right arm and control the Western Regions."

"The land of Helin occupies the upper reaches of the land, and it is completely riding on Daming's forehead. If you go east, you can join forces with the Jiannu in the northeast. If you go to the middle, you can attack the vital points of our capital, Daming. If you go west, you can target the Hexi Corridor. Cut off all communication between Daming and the Western Regions."

"As long as there are [-] strong soldiers in the Helin area, they can oppress the three north areas of the Ming Dynasty, and they will not be able to lift their heads."

Three Norths, Northeast, True North, and Northwest, are the three north directions. As long as there are strong soldiers stationed in Helin, Daming will have trouble sleeping and eating.

And the person who proposed that Helin could contain the Three Norths of China was the benevolent father Stalin.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "How many soldiers and horses can be raised in Helin? Kublai Khan once had more than 5 soldiers in Helin Chen, and these 20 people are the main army. The ratio of the garrison army to the main army is two to eight, that is to say , Helin can support at least [-] people."

"Emperor Gao and his advisers, the Ming Taizu, knew their interests well before the Northern Expedition."

"This Northern Expedition solved the hatred in my heart, and it was also a sharp sword hanging over Daming's head."

From a strategic point of view, Zhu Qiyu expressed the significance of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty. This significance is definitely not only revenge, but also national strategic security.

Do you want the Western Regions without fighting Helin?As long as the Wala people in Helin are promising, Daming will not be able to win the Western Regions.

Why was the reopening of the Western Regions mentioned so many times during the Yongle period, but it was not implemented in the end?Is it because even if you take it, you will not be able to live in peace for a long time?

"Helin and the land around Helin must be controlled by Daming! Or let it remain weak like a sheep, dying! But if there are strong soldiers stationed, Daming is in danger." Zhu Qiyu pointed the long pole in his hand heavily. He Lin's position.

"Tell me what you think."

Zhu Qiyu has talked about this for the sake of it. If he can't fight at this time, he is fighting against His Majesty the Emperor.

Yu Qian bowed his head after deliberation and said: "Your Majesty, let's make preparations again, and then go after the thaw in the spring of the next year? At this time, it's the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, the bitter cold outside the Great Wall, and the white hair wind is blowing. It's hard to tell who is up and down. It was a bit rash."

Zhu Qiyu immediately agreed and said: "Not everyone in the Ming army is a human youth like Yuan Bin who can travel hundreds of miles in the white hair wind. Naturally, if they move after the beginning of spring, spring is the weakest time for grassland people. The most important day for them after a long winter."

Although Zhu Qiyu has never personally experienced the bitter cold of the grassland, he has also heard that many tribes will disappear on the grassland in winter. Under the severe cold, countless people will disappear forever in the wind and snow.

In spring, the Oirats are as skinny and weak as their livestock.

The Ming Dynasty chose to march in the spring, because they were rushing to perish and exterminate the family. Since they wanted to fight, they had to fight until they died, until they swept the holes and plowed the court.

"What about armaments? Your Majesty, if I don't know the art of war, there won't be any problems with the Ministry of Finance." Jiang Yuan said with a little worry. He was the right servant of the Ministry of Accounts, and he came to the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of War from the Ministry of Accounts. Soldiers and horses go ahead without moving food and grass.

Now that Ming Dynasty is going to make another Northern Expedition, it will naturally need armaments, and this must not bypass the Ministry of Accounts, I just hope that Shen Yi will not be so ignorant.

"It doesn't matter, the Ministry of Households refuses. I have only been able to get in and out of my internal money these years, and I have saved a lot of money." Zhu Qiyu answered Jiang Yuan's question.

As for whether Shen Yi, who is not leaky, will stop him?

Zhu Qiyu doesn't think so, because Shen Shangshu and Muyangbo Jinlian are from the same township, they used to be partners, and accompanied Daming through the most difficult years, Shen Yi is a person who deducts the money, but the place where the money should be spent is only Will be very distressed to spend the money.

This time, Jingxuan Chidao, the Ministry of Households did not do anything to stop it.

"The minister is fine now." Seeing that His Majesty spent all his money in the pocket, Jiang Yuan stopped worrying about armaments.

The richest people in the world are definitely not the wealthy businessmen of Songjiang Mansion, but His Majesty's internal money. His Majesty does not like extravagance but frugality, but also likes to join in the fun, and every time he joins in the fun, he can gain a lot.

Zhu Qiyu knows very well how much money he has in his internal funds. As the national treasury emergency reserve fund, his emergency reserve fund is much larger than the national treasury.

The eunuch Lin Xiu once reported that all kinds of physical treasures such as rhinoceros horns are not counted. There are more than 120 million taels of gold alone, more than 750 million taels of silver, and more than 630 million silver coins.

The money of the Ming Dynasty was in and out, but the internal money was only in and out. After ten years of saving, it is not surprising that they have accumulated such a heavy family fortune.

Sometimes Lin Xiu also murmured that His Majesty's contingency reserve was too much in line with His Majesty's usual style of being lenient with the enemy.