The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

In the main hall, there was a roar of curses!

Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the dragon chair, was not angry. Instead, he was happily admiring the art of swearing by civil servants and generals.

The civil servants only said a few words, "I am not a son of man" and "Is your mother okay?", while the martial arts scoldings were extremely vulgar and commonplace words, which were extremely lethal. When Zhu Hou saw Zhang Lun, his spittle was sprayed. Xi Shu's face.

In contrast to the two, the anti-war civil servants were naturally retreating, until a person appeared and brought an end to this farce.

The anger in his heart had long since disappeared, replaced by endless killing intent.

So there is no need to get angry because of these dying people!

I saw a Hanlin with bloodshot eyes and shouted loudly: "Does your Majesty, in order to expand the territory, not hesitate to use the people's fat and money to gain fame?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly became extremely silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

"idiot!"

The ministers all looked at Han Lin who spoke, and cursed in their hearts.

What he said was tantamount to pointing his finger at His Majesty the Emperor and scolding him for being militaristic. What a great achievement!

For this emperor who cherishes feathers, it would be strange if he is not furious!

Qiu Yue, the Marquis of Xianning, waved his hand, and all the martial artists immediately became quiet, watching the show with their eyes, nose, nose and heart, ready to watch the show.

"Li Yuan, are you accusing me of being too happy about my achievements?"

Even though Zhu Houzhao was always smiling, the ministers felt chills running down their spines!

However, Hanlin Li Yuan was unmoved and replied impassionedly: "Since your Majesty took the throne, you have worked hard to govern, implemented more benevolent policies, eliminated the long-standing abuses, restored people's livelihood, and made our Ming Dynasty rejuvenate despite all the failures!"

"All the people in the world have just seen the hope of new life, but your Majesty ignores dissuasion, suddenly launches troops, and repeatedly starts wars. Isn't this a great achievement?"

Bang!

A loud bang!

Zhu Houzhao stood up after taking the case, walked straight to Li Yuan, and said coldly: "I will tell you why you want to recover the Loop!"

"In the fifth year of Jingtai, Beiyuan Neijiang was also killed first. The three guards of Wuliangha asked to live close by for animal husbandry. The 'Northern prisoners' took the opportunity to go south one after another."

"In the first year of Tianshun, Bulai and Aluo went in and out of the Hetao, and repeatedly violated the borders of Ming Ningxia, Yansui, Yongchang, Zhuanglang, Gulang, Zhenfan and other places."

"At the beginning of Chenghua, Maolihai, Bai Qijiasilan, Li Luohu, and Mandu arrived, but at the beginning they stayed infrequently. After six years, they planned to stay for a long time and went deep into the counties to kill and plunder people and livestock, often tens of millions of people. Often four or three.”

"Since then, various Mongolian tribes have frequently harassed our Ming Dynasty's northern border defense line, which has gradually put the northern border defense in crisis, forcing the imperial court to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to resist it!"

"They are consuming our Ming Dynasty's national strength! They are raising our Ming Dynasty as a fat sheep! They are waiting for my Ming Dynasty to be decayed and dilapidated, and go south to Guanzhong to compete in the Central Plains and rebuild the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty!"

Zhu Houzhao recounted every instance of Northern captives being ensnared, harassing border towns, and massacring people. Li Yuan was speechless and could only nod and lower his eyebrows.

Then His Majesty the Emperor turned around and scolded Xu Mengchun: "For our Ming Dynasty, if we control the Hetao, we can use the Yinshan Mountains as a barrier to resist the threats from the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and ensure the security of Guanzhong and the Central Plains region!"

"On the contrary, for Meng Yuan, if they occupy the Hetao, they can use it as a base to go south to Guanzhong and compete in the Central Plains. They are unstoppable!"

"You, Xu Mengchun, actually call such a throaty place a useless place? Why do you make it?"

"Do you want to experience the tragedy of barbarian soldiers besieging the imperial capital again?"

His Majesty the Emperor's stern scolding made Xu Mengchun's face turn red. Although he was a veteran of three dynasties, he had no military knowledge at all.

From a people-centered perspective, what Xu Mengchun said is understandable, but from a strategic perspective, the Hetao area is a battleground for military strategists.

But what Zhu Houzhao said next completely disgraced Xu Mengchun.

"It's just a waste of money and food?"

"Then let me ask you, Xu Mengchun, whether it will cost more money and food to regain the Hetao once and for all now, or whether the military expenditures poured into Jiubian Military Town every year will be more?"

"Even if you, an idiot, don't understand military affairs, you can do the most basic calculations, right? This time I spent more money on mobilizing soldiers and civilians before and after the Ming Dynasty, which is not as much as the military expenditure allocated by the imperial court to Jiubian Military Town in one year!"

"As long as our Ming Dynasty successfully regains the Hetao this time and rebuilds the defense system of northern Xinjiang, then it will be even more difficult for the barbarians to plunder and harass our Ming Dynasty. We, our Ming Dynasty, can also reduce military expenditures and use them for the development of people's livelihood. Above, this is the real national policy!”

"And I want to tell you some bad news. The Mongolian tribes now entrenched in the Hetao area have millions of people and hundreds of thousands of armor. After the Yellow River freezes, they step into the ice and go east before the ice melts. Their strength is Growing more and more!”

"If our Ming Dynasty had not taken advantage of the great opportunity of the civil war between the left and right wings of Mongolia to regain the choke point of the Hetao area, and when the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties were reunited and completely eliminated all internal hidden dangers, our Ming Dynasty would no longer be as strong as it was in the days of Hongwu and Yongle. , do you think they will go south to Guanzhong and rebuild Dayuan? "

This is an indisputable fact!

Because not long ago, exactly the same thing happened.

After the development of three generations of heroes, Mahamu, Tuohuan and Yesian, the Oara tribe finally unified Mongolia. Then they drove the three guards of Ulyanha to spy on the strength of the Ming Dynasty's border defenses, and then went south to concoct a civil disaster. As a result, the Ming Dynasty turned from prosperity to decline!

The Wala army led by Ye Xian once reached the capital city. If Yu Qian, the minister of Qingtian, was not ordered to turn the tide at the critical moment, the Ming Dynasty would have perished long ago!

So, no one is not afraid of a unified grassland force!

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Xu Mengchun, and then looked at Li Yuan.

"You guys, do you really think I can't understand these little thoughts?"

"You are just worried that the success of recovering Hetao and the rise of military merits will affect the power of you civil officials and gentry, and will damage your vested interests. That's why you bastards keep making suggestions and trying to stop the court from recovering Hetao!"

"He deserves death for his crime!"

After saying this, Zhu Houzhao ignored Li Yuan's horrified begging for mercy and shouted coldly.

"Come on, drag this beast out and beat him with a hundred sticks outside the hall!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was silent.

The court caning is a torture that civil officials and gentry are afraid of.

You must know that your body and hair are given by your parents. For the noble and proud literati and scholars, showing your buttocks in public is even more of a spiritual injury.

Moreover, compared to humiliation, this court caning is more likely to cause death!

The court caning is made of chestnut wood, and the end of the caning is a hammer head wrapped in iron sheet, and there is an extremely sharp hook on the iron sheet. Once the caning is carried down, and then pulled along, blood will flow and the skin will be torn apart!

With Li Yuan's weak scholar physique, let alone 100 canings, 30 cans can kill him on the spot!

Before Xu Mengchun and others could ask for mercy, the soldiers entered and dragged Li Yuan out.

The next moment, a shrill scream resounded throughout the hall, echoing in the ears of every official.

"What?"

"Do you really think I dare not kill people?"