My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 929: Fourteen Years of Orthodoxy

The fourth year of Xuanwu in the Han Dynasty was the fourth year that Zhu Zhanhe ascended the throne. According to the reign name of the Ming Dynasty, it should be the fourteenth year of Zhengtong. In this year, the famous Tumu Fort Incident in history was officially staged.

Zhu Zhanhe had been waiting for this day, so at the beginning of the year, he kept urging the Jin Yiwei to increase their efforts to monitor every move of Daming and Wala, and report any disturbance to him.

Although Zhu Zhanhe remembered clearly that the Tumubao Incident occurred in August, he still did not dare to take it lightly. After all, history had changed too much because of him, and he did not know whether this event with huge impact would change in time. changes happened.

However, Zhu Zhanhe was 80% sure that this change would definitely happen, because what Zhu Qizhen and Wang Zhen did was almost the same as in history. Wala also became stronger on the grassland with the indulgence of the Ming Dynasty. And from time to time, they went south to invade the borders of Ming Dynasty.

The most important thing is that under the chaos of eunuchs such as Wang Zhen and Xining, not only the court of the Ming Dynasty was in chaos, but the army was also intervened by them.

What's even more unfortunate is that the Ming Dynasty's military household system has also come to an end. In the past, military households had their own fields, and they served the people when they came in, so they had little demand for the court.

But now in the military household system of the Ming Dynasty, due to embezzlement by the middle and upper echelons of the army, military households lost their fields, and they themselves became tenants of the officers. They worked hard for a year, but they could not even guarantee food and clothing, let alone Said it was practice.

Some people even eat soldiers' flesh and drink their blood, which makes the lower-level soldiers unable to survive and have to risk their lives to flee. Especially military households in the border areas, whose lives are already difficult and are invaded by foreign enemies. At times, they even had to go to the battlefield hungry, and even if they made meritorious deeds, they would not get promotions. Instead, the superiors would take away the credit for their merits.

Therefore, military households on the border even fled in groups. If the government stopped them, these fleeing military households would even draw their swords to resist and become refugees or thieves. These military households were all experienced veterans. When they picked up the When the knife resists, it is much more harmful than ordinary people.

This also led to the fact that although it was very common for military households to flee, local governments could only turn a blind eye, for fear of intensifying conflicts and having the war burn on their own territory, and they would not be able to explain to their superiors.

The flight of military households once again weakened the strength of the Ming army. Some people even asserted that the current Ming army is no longer the Ming army when Zhu Di was in power. If Zhu Di leads the current Ming army to conquer the grassland, I am afraid it will only There will be no return.

"Your Highness, there is an urgent report from Wala. Wang Ji was ordered to conquer Sijifa again. This time the troops were dispatched very smoothly. They broke through his stronghold and gained more than 400,000 stones. After that, the Ming army was like a broken bamboo, killing countless enemies along the way. Sijifa He was defeated and fled again, and he hasn’t been caught yet!”

On this day, Liu Ke came to Wuying Hall and solemnly reported the Ming Dynasty's military trends to Zhu Zhanhe.

The Battle of Luchuan in the Ming Dynasty was just as Zhu Zhanhe had expected. Although the results of several conquests were brilliant, they were never able to capture Si Jifa and his son, which ultimately led to this war lasting for nearly ten years, although the war was interrupted. Stop, but it also caused Ming Dynasty to consume a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and the army was also restrained to the south.

"Where's Wala? Are they making any plans to send troops?"

After hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe asked again. Although it was only March and there were still five months before the Tumubao Incident, he had to prepare in advance, and he was also worried that the incident might be delayed or brought forward, so he had to prepare at all times. Staring at Daming and Wala.

"Your Highness, just after the Chinese New Year this year, there was a big freeze on the grassland, which affected almost all the tribes on the grassland. Countless cattle, sheep and livestock froze to death, and some small tribes even wiped out their families."

Liu Ke took a deep breath when he said this, and then continued.

"According to past experience, if the grassland suffers such a big disaster, they will definitely go south to plunder after the spring, otherwise they will not survive the next winter. But until now, there has been no movement on the other side of Wala. We suspect that Wala is very Maybe they want to make a big move, but we haven’t been able to find out yet!”

"Deploy additional manpower to investigate every move of Wala, and find out their plan to send troops at any cost!"

Zhu Zhanhe immediately ordered. "My subordinate understands!"

Liu Ke agreed, then turned and left.

Looking at Liu Ke's leaving figure, Zhu Zhanhe also fell into deep thought. In addition to Wala's intelligence, Daming's intelligence was also the focus of his attention.

Thanks to the misdeeds of Zhu Qizhen, Wang Zhen and others, the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty have alienated themselves from them. There are many high-ranking officials who have secretly contacted the Han Dynasty, especially those nobles who bluntly said that they wanted to welcome Zhu Zhan. He returned to the Ming Dynasty.

This is not to blame the nobles, because after Wang Zhen came to power, he treated the nobles as slaves. When some princes saw Wang Zhen, they would kneel down and salute. The slightest disobedience would lead to the disaster of annihilation.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei have also completely become the minions of eunuchs such as Wang Zhen. The name of factory guard now is even more frightening than that of Zhu Di. However, Wang Zhen does not know that Jinyiwei and Dongchang are also among the minions. There were many big men's spies, some even reaching the top of the factory guard, so Zhu Zhanhe knew the situation of Ming Dynasty well.

While Zhu Zhanhe was deep in thought, he suddenly saw a female official rushing over to report: "Your Majesty, Li Qi and Li Shangshu are asking for an audience!"

"Call him in!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered the female officer.

After learning the lessons of eunuchs like Wang Zhen and Xi Ning, Zhu Zhanhe has decreed that eunuchs will no longer be recruited in the Han Palace. After the original eunuchs leave the palace, they will be concentrated in an imperial manor outside the city, and the court will send people to provide for them in their old age.

As for the manpower needed in the palace, men can be used in the outer imperial city, while only female officials can be used in the inner imperial city. After all, the system of female officials is very mature, and they can leave the palace to marry at any time, which can fully meet the needs of the palace.

The female officer agreed and ran away with small steps. After a while, Li Qi, with gray beard and hair, walked in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has sent an envoy, and it will arrive at our big man in the near future!"

Thanks to the foundation laid during the lifetime of Empress Dowager Zhang, the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty sent envoys to each other, which greatly improved the diplomatic relations between the two countries and made the exchanges in all aspects closer. Even though Empress Dowager Zhang had died many years ago, the Ming Dynasty and Han Dynasty exchanged missions. The tradition of sending out missions is still preserved.

"We will receive you as usual. Who is leading the delegation this time?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked absently.

"The envoy sent by the Ming Dynasty is Yang Shan, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites!"

Li Qi replied immediately.

"It turned out to be him!"

Zhu Zhanhe was stunned when he heard Yang Shan's name. He was still very impressed by this name.

(End of this chapter)