Ten years of martial virtue!
Fengtian main hall!
A solemn Zen ceremony is being held at this moment.
Emperor Wu De placed his Zen in the crown prince of the current dynasty. This was the inheritance of power and a new chapter.
Hundreds of civil and military officials gathered here. The distinguished military ministers were headed by the British Duke Zhang Fu and the Duke of Guizhou Mu Sheng. The civil servants and gentry were headed by the cabinet minister Yang Shiqi and the cabinet scholar Yang Rong.
All the courtiers in Beijing were witnessing this grand event and felt a lot of discomfort in their hearts.
They had heard before that His Majesty Emperor Wude had long wanted to become a Zen emperor, but no one believed it at that time.
But it wasn't until this moment that they discovered that this was actually true, and it came so unexpectedly.
After five years of fighting and fighting, Zhang Fu had led the Western Expeditionary Army to penetrate all the countries in the Western Regions, and even reached the outside of Samarkand, the capital of Tieguo.
As cartloads of gold, silver, jewels, and countless cattle, sheep, and horses were transported back to the Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty was boiling.
His Majesty the Wude Emperor was never stingy with rewards, and he conferred the titles of one Duke, Five Marquises and Thirteenth Uncle to the meritorious soldiers in the Western Expeditionary Army in one breath. Such generous titles completely caused the entire Ming Dynasty to go crazy.
The senior officials and soldiers of the Seven War Zones could no longer sit still, and they all petitioned to join the Western Expedition to share in this huge cake!
The Duke of Guizhou, Mu Sheng, took a different approach. He and Zhang Fu were known as the world's famous generals and the imperial twins. Naturally, they were unwilling to follow Zhang Fu to grab the credit and be criticized for nothing, so Mu Sheng requested to send troops to the Indian continent!
Let's leave Central Asia to Zhang Fu's Western Expeditionary Army. My goal is the Indian subcontinent.
Originally, the civil servants and gentry were not happy. After all, such a two-front battle would cause great damage to the national power. But slowly, they were surprised to find that the Western Expeditionary Army not only consumed a lot of food and grass, but also sent back countless money, food and horses to the Ming Dynasty.
It seems that fighting a war is not really a waste of food and grass, so what else can we say, just send troops to fight!
So with the full support of civil and military officials, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and ordered Mu Sheng, the Duke of Guizhou, to go out for the expedition. The six kings on the Indochina Peninsula also responded one after another, and Mu Sheng led the six kings crazily westward. Push forward and fight your way through the situation.
Although the Southern Expedition Army started a little later than the Western Expedition Army, it had a higher starting point. Counting the private soldiers of the Six Central and Southern Kings, they had a strength of up to 300,000, and they directly penetrated the entire Indian subcontinent with a crushing force.
Just as Mu Sheng and Zhang Fu were having fun in a foreign land, they received an urgent military situation and immediately shrank their defense lines and quickly withdrew their troops. In order to rush back, the two famous generals even abandoned their large troops, leaving their own generals behind slowly. Slowly, they rushed back to Daming by themselves.
There is no way, His Majesty the Emperor is about to retire. If they don't come back, they might be scolded in some way.
After all the hard work, I finally made it to the Zen ceremony.
It's just that none of these generals can understand why His Majesty the Emperor, who is so well behaved, suddenly wants to abdicate.
They were even more worried about whether the new emperor would continue to support them in their expeditions like His Majesty Emperor Wude did after he came to the throne.
After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is always surrounded by civil servants and gentry!
The nobles and military officials couldn't understand, and the civil servants and gentry couldn't understand either.
Yang Shiqi watched His Majesty the Wude Emperor hand over the tiger talisman and jade seal, which symbolized the inheritance of the empire, to the Crown Prince Zhu Zhanhe, and his eyes instantly turned red.
In the past ten years, Yang Shiqi has experienced all the hardships and dangers of the world and the warmth and warmth of human relationships. In order to implement the new policy of sharing the same family with each other, he, Yang Shiqi, is equivalent to severing himself from the gentry.
However, with the strong support of Emperor Wude, Yang Shiqi did not disappoint the court or the Ming Dynasty. Now this new policy has been fully implemented. Yang Shiqi, the cabinet minister, personally went to various provinces to supervise the implementation, one place at a time. As the implementation continues, government and state will check and implement it. If anyone is found to be perfunctory or even secretly obstructing the new deal, Yang Shiqi will not hesitate to report it to the court and have him dismissed from office!
It was precisely because of Yang Shiqi's resolute attitude that the national policy of apportioning children to farmers was successfully implemented. However, he himself was criticized by the world for this, and was even called a "cruel official".
Now, the New Deal has just begun to bear fruit, and His Majesty Emperor Wude suddenly declares his throne. Not only are the noble military ministers panicking, Yang Shiqi is also panicking in his heart!
As the saying goes, one emperor has one minister. God knows what kind of temperament the new emperor Zhu Zhanhe will have, and whether he will continue to implement this national policy in accordance with the will of Emperor Wude.
If the work of setting up a business as a farmer is stopped, then Yang Shiqi will definitely be doomed, and he will definitely die without a place to bury him!
Yang Rong felt very uncomfortable at the moment. Looking at the two emperors above Danxi, he couldn't say anything for a long time.
Over the years, he has been committed to opening free schools and practicing free education. He has personally traveled to various countryside to coordinate the planning of local education. He is respected by students all over the world as a teacher and a great Confucian. However, only he knows in his heart that there will be no Emperor Wude. Your Majesty’s reminder, how could Yang Rong achieve such success today!
Now, His Majesty Emperor Wude suddenly announced that the Zen throne would be given to the prince, so where should Yang Rong go?
There are too many people who feel uncomfortable inside.
For example, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty, an imperial elite who has been in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs of the Ming Dynasty for more than 30 years, witnessed this Zen ceremony with his own eyes. He recalled the scene when His Majesty Emperor Wude complained to him that day. I couldn't help but burst into tears.
Jian Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, also had red eyes, and his expression seemed to be crying or laughing. He was considering whether it was time for him to become an official. A new generation replaced the old ones. Today's Ming Dynasty no longer needs their old bones.
One after another, the important ministers looked at the two figures in a daze.
Zhu Gaoxu looked around and took in the performance of all the ministers, but he was not at all sad. On the contrary, he felt extremely relaxed.
I have finally been relieved of this burden!
"Since my accession to the throne, I have been located in the Prince's Chanhe!"
Zhu Zhanhe suppressed his red eyes and did not shed tears. He faced the ministers and accepted the worship.
"I pay my respects to His Majesty the Emperor. Long live my Emperor!"
From then on, the ceremony was completed.
The Ming Dynasty gained a new Emperor of Wude, but lost the Emperor of Wude who was hated by everyone.
After the Zen ceremony, Zhu Gaoxu summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss matters in the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Zhanhe, the new emperor, stood aside honestly and didn't feel anything was wrong.
Zhu Gaoxu first looked at Zhang Fu, Mu Sheng and other distinguished military ministers, and said with a smile: "You have done a good job these years. I am very happy and feel relieved about you."
"The Western Expedition and the Southern Expedition cannot stop. Keep fighting. I still have so many sons. The prince has also given birth to a dragon son. They are all eagerly waiting for you to conquer the territory!"
"You just need to keep fighting forward. As for whether the territory we have conquered can be defended, that is a problem for these clan members. Emperor, please remember, no matter who it is, no matter whose son, if you can even defend the territory If he can’t stop it, then I will abolish him and Zongzheng Temple will write this into the Ming Dynasty Zonglu!”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe could only smile and nodded, not daring to refute at all.
When all the distinguished military ministers heard this, they immediately felt relieved.
After receiving these words from His Majesty the Emperor, they were completely relieved!
Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yang Rong, Yang Shiqi and others again.
"The two national policies of rural landownership and free education must be carried out unswervingly. When future generations become emperors, whoever dares to abolish these two national policies will be guilty of great unfilial piety. Zongzheng Temple has also written this in; if Some court officials undermined and undermined these two national policies, dismissed them from office, and punished the three tribes. The Ministry of Punishment wrote this article into the Ming Dynasty's laws and regulations!"
Da Zongzheng of Zongzheng Temple and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice nodded in succession. This is a national policy that benefits the country and the people, and they will naturally not refute it.
What's more, they didn't dare to refute, because they didn't see the new emperor listening honestly!
"By the way, one more thing, add a national policy, that is, the military department will be restructured into the Ming Army and the Ming Navy. One should have equal resources and cannot favor one over the other, especially the navy. Emperors of all dynasties must pay attention to it. This will be our Ming system. The only way to dominate the world!"
When this was mentioned, Zhu Zhanhe's expression suddenly changed. He seemed to have thought of something, but he did not dare to speak.
The civil servants and gentry had no objection at all to this. Anyway, military expenditures were borne by the royal family, so it was none of their business!
However, the noble military ministers changed their expressions. As a result, the navy became completely independent, and the resources of their army were reduced in disguise!
Grandma, I must be convinced by the slander of Zheng He, that dead eunuch!
Although the army nobles were angry, they did not dare to say anything.
After all, if we really talk about it, Zheng He took his treasure ship on a trading trip and earned much more money and food than their Western Expeditionary Army and Southern Expeditionary Army combined!
In other words, their army officers were actually supported by their navy officers. Now that the army officers are starting to make money on their own, the navy officers will definitely not be happy to support them anymore!
Separate the family!
Must score!
Separate the family immediately!
This family is divided, and the life of army officers will be difficult in the future. If they want to earn some extra money, they can only go to the West and South Expeditions.
After all, naval officers can make a lot of money just by going to sea for trade. There is no way their army can match that.
"Okay, to sum up, these are the three national policies. You can all leave."
Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand, signaling for the important civil and military ministers to step back.
In the main hall, only Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Zhanhe and his son were left.
Zhu Zhanhe looked at his own father and asked abruptly.
"Father, do you want to go to sea?"
"Huh? How do you know?" Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Did your mother tell you?"
Zhu Zhanhe was dumbfounded when he heard this, and immediately jumped to his feet and roared: "What do you mean? What do you mean? The emperor didn't even do anything, he insisted on running to the sea, and he also took my mother and the others away. Have you asked the ministers? Any opinions?"
"If I hadn't seen my mother and the others packing their things, how long would my father have planned to keep this secret from me? Isn't this my father's biological child?"
As he spoke, Zhu Zhanhe began to cry aggrievedly.
There is no biological father who is so immoral!
"Silly son, stop making trouble!"
If you really talk about it, I might not really be considered your biological father!
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said: "Let's get down to business. You must resolutely implement the new policies I just mentioned!"
"Your father and I just went to sea, not dead. If I find out that your kid dares to disobey the arrangements and does random things after taking office, I will come back immediately and destroy you!"
Zhu Zhanhe's face was full of displeasure when he heard this, he seemed like a big injustice!
"Then in terms of employment and cabinet, Yang Rong and Yang Shiqi should not touch them and let them continue to implement the New Deal and national policies. They should be given no less respect and treatment after death, and they should repay them as national soldiers!"
"Then there are six ministers. Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji will become officials, because Qian and Zhou Chen will take over the posts of Minister of Libu and Shangshu of Hubu respectively!"
Yu Qian?
Minister of official affairs?
Zhu Zhanhe frowned.
"Father, isn't this a little too..."
"You don't understand Yu Qian. Zhou Chen is a talent for managing the world, and Yu Qian is a talent for Anbang. Now that the central court has expanded its authority and stationed in local areas, some officials in various places are too busy with things, and the examination method has gradually become a formality. So After Jian Yi retreats, let Yu Qian clean these pieces of shit!"
After hearing this, Zhu Zhanhe finally understood and paid more attention to Qian.
He naturally knows Zhou Chen. His father has been training him as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance. He is an elite financial and taxation expert in the empire who is comparable to Xia Yuanji. The position of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance must be his!
Now that Yu Qian has been favored by his father and given the same high evaluation as Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhanhe naturally has to take it seriously.
"Wang Jing, the Minister of Rites, Chen Qia, the Minister of War, Xie Jin, the Minister of Academic Affairs, Hu Yuancheng, the director of the Royal Manufacturing Bureau, Zheng He, the admiral of the Navy, Wang Jinghong, the deputy admiral, Nie Xing, the commander of the Imperial Guard, etc., these confidants of mine will all go to sea with me. , it can be regarded as making room for you, the new emperor, to place your confidants, you should think about who to use!"
"What? What did you say?" Zhu Zhanhe was angry, "Why do you take them out to sea together!"
"There are so many high-ranking central officials now vacant. Where can my father ask his ministers to find people?"
"It's none of my business!" Zhu Gaoxu laughed, "You are the emperor now, I am the Supreme Emperor now, I shouldn't have to worry about these things!"
"I will go to sea in half a month, so you still have half a month to fill these vacancies. I suggest you hold a small meeting with Yu Qian, Zhou Chen and your mentor Li Chen to find out who is suitable for the position. Don't insist on having your own way. Please understand. Yet?"
Zhu Zhanhe nodded aggrievedly.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu touched his head.
"Don't worry, I'm just going out for a walk, it's not like I won't come back!"
"And Gu Zuozhen left it to you. The Metropolitan Procuratorate is now a giant. We must not let the Metropolitan Procuratorate fall into the hands of some traitor, otherwise there will be big trouble!"
"How long will it take for my father to return from this trip to sea?" Zhu Zhanhe asked with joy on his face.
Zhu Gaoxu shook his head in a daze and said with a smile: "Maybe three years, maybe five years, anyway, just do it yourself first!"
Zhu Zhanhe was speechless and simply stopped asking.
Now, Zhu Zhanhe is really alone!
"By the way, let's strengthen our contact with the Americas. After all, we are descendants of the old Zhu family. We can't be led astray by the barbarians. From time to time, we send some rotten Confucians over there who have not changed their ways. Zhu Zhanji, that little bastard, will definitely treat him as We offer sacrifices to our ancestors, but I am worried that they will listen to some evil cult, and the Ming Dynasty in America will change its taste!"
"And on the other side of South America, your third uncle will also go to sea with my father this time. This kind of kindness is broken with me. If these second-generation and third-generation vassal kings have any wolfish ambitions or wolf-hearted things, they should be abolished. Kill those who deserve to be abolished, and don't let them affect the political situation of our Ming Dynasty, do you understand?"
"also……"
That night, the Supreme Emperor pulled the new Emperor and talked a lot. No one knew what they said.
But when the new emperor came out, his eyes were red, and he had obviously been crying for a long time.
Half a month later, Liujiagang.
Hundreds of boats competed on the river, with flags covering the sky and drums and horns sounding in unison.
The gray-haired Zheng He, Wang Jinghong and others arranged everything. Xie Jin, Wang Jing, Chen Qia, Hu Yuancheng and others also looked at Zhu Gaoxu eagerly, while Nie Xing held two jars, one containing Guo Lan and the other Zhang. crossbar for yoking horses……
Everyone is ready, including Zhu Gaoxu.
He looked at the new emperor Zhu Zhanhe, as well as Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji and others who came to see him off, with some reluctance in his heart.
However, we have come to this point, we can’t back down!
Zhu Gaoxu looked at these people, put his hands on his hips and cursed loudly.
"You bastard bastards!"
"I know you have been scolding me behind my back and arranging me behind my back!"
"You really think I like to be this emperor. If my eldest brother hadn't died early, I would have gone to Yunnan to be happy!"
"I have done enough for the Ming Dynasty in my life. Now I am tired and don't want to play anymore. I want to go to the sea and have fun. You can fight on your own!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
Zhu Gaoxu quickly boarded the deck and urged Zheng He to sail the ship quickly.
Zheng He did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor would do something like this. It was so shameful, so he immediately ordered the sails to be set sail.
As a result, at this time, Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji rushed onto the warship, leaving Zhu Gaoxu stunned for a moment.
"What are you two doing if not you?"
"Your Majesty, the world is so big, I also want to see it." Jian Yi said with a smile.
Xia Yuanji looked arrogant and raised his white-haired head.
"I am going to see how the ministers of household affairs in the Western Yi countries do it, and then write a book and give it to Zhou Chen to spread throughout the world. This is a great achievement that will go down in history..."
"Come here!" Zhu Gaoxu was angry, "Throw these two old guys without votes into the sea and feed them to the fishes!"
Of course, this is a joke and no one takes it seriously.
Everyone looked at each other, and then couldn't help but burst into laughter, feeling indescribably relaxed and happy!
Zheng He raised his voice and shouted loudly, as if he had returned to the time when he first went to sea.
"Sail!"
"set sail"
On the dock, Zhu Zhanhe knelt on the ground with tears streaming down his face. Behind him, Zhou Chen, Yu Qian and other important civil and military officials also knelt down.
"Congratulations to the Emperor!"
In the spring of the 10th year of Wude, Emperor Wude Zhu Gaoxu Chan was located in Zhu Zhanhe, Emperor Hongxi. Half a month later, he led Zheng He's treasure ship to sea and built inns along the way. Half a year later, he arrived at Nanyang Kingdom. Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui boarded the ship, and then the treasure ship headed west. A mighty attack on the Western powers!
A few years later, in the British Empire's Southampton Port, people looked at the densely packed terrifying warships on the river, and suddenly let out a desperate cry.
"Akito is here!"
"Akito's invincible fleet is here!"
On the deck, Zhu Gaoxu was holding a telescope with an evil smile on his face.
"Zheng He, pull up my barbarian-killing cannon and blast it!"
"Is that why you call it the "Empire on which the Sun Never Sets"?"
(End of book)
