[After you succeed to the throne, you find that the country your father left for you is already a devastated and crumbling empire. 】
[In the court, the party fights to death and treats the emperor as a mascot. The Donglin Party, which has the merit of following the dragon, has suddenly become the largest party in the court. It is in charge of the cabinet, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six ministries. Everyone is in charge. Ying Chao. 】
[Under the squeeze of the Donglin Party, the isolated courtiers were forced to form parties such as the Qi Party, the Chu Party, and the Zhejiang Party to fight against the Donglin Party. For a time, the court hall was filled with blood and filled with smoke. Natural disasters continue to occur everywhere, people are displaced, and a furious storm is brewing. 】
[Looking at the border, Jianzhou Jurchen chief Nurhaci led his army to capture Shenyang. The commander-in-chief You Shigong and He Shixian were both killed in the battle. The commander-in-chief Chen Ce, Tong Zhongkui, Qi Jin, and Zhang Mingshi went to aid the Liaodong war, and later the Jin army in Hun He fought a great battle, but the entire army was wiped out. After that, Nurhachi captured Liaoyang, an important town in Liaodong, and Yuan Yingtai committed suicide. The Ming Dynasty was in danger. 】
[The southwest, where Emperor Jiajing raised hundreds of thousands of troops to attack, turned out to be the safest place in the Ming Dynasty. With Prince Qi's Mansion in the southwest as its headquarters, the southwest has been peaceful and smooth for hundreds of years, so that the Ming Dynasty no longer has the disaster of war in the far south. Focus on the war in the north. 】
[But even so, the Ming Dynasty was still losing ground in the war in the north. 】
[Now there is bad news and good news. The bad news is: the Ming Dynasty is about to fall. The danger is second only to the situation after the Tumubao Incident when the Walas troops came to the city. However, during the battle to defend the capital, the Ming Dynasty had Zhu Gaojie, King of Qiwu, and Yu Qian, the young protector. Who can step forward in the Ming Dynasty now? 】
[The good news is: if you can save the Ming Dynasty in this situation, even if the history books don’t praise you as an emperor for the ages, you will still be a wise king. 】
[What’s more embarrassing is that you don’t have the ability to win over others. Your greatest specialty is: carpentry. 】
[You are a master of carpentry skills, and the woodwork you make is lifelike. You can be said to be a master in the carpentry world. 】
[In order to do the carpentry job well, you handed over the task of your own job, "Emperor", to two people. 】
[The affairs in the palace are left to the wet nurse Hakka, and the affairs outside the palace are left to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian. 】
[Use Wei Zhongxian to contain the Donglin Party. You know, although Wei Zhongxian has the ability to suppress the Donglin Party, it can also create another dilemma: eunuchs interfering in politics. 】
[Between the Donglin Party restricting the imperial power and the eunuchs interfering in politics, you wisely chose the latter. While working as a carpenter, he used Wei Zhongxian to balance the situation. 】
The early Ming Dynasty, especially the Hongwu Dynasty, was the darkest era for eunuchs.
In order to prevent eunuchs from interfering in politics, Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang erected a three-foot-tall iron stele in front of the palace gate with eight characters on it - "Ministers are not allowed to interfere in political affairs." When officials from the previous dynasty entered the palace every day , everyone can see this iron monument.
In Zhu Qizhen's time, the powerful eunuch Wang Zhen didn't like the stele, so he threw it away with the handwriting of the founding emperor. Eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty were not allowed to participate in politics, which became a joke, but Zhu Qizhen didn't like this stele. Keep silent about things that insult Taizu.
Emperor Tianqi allowed the eunuch Wei Zhongxian to grow, but he was actually forced to do so.
The Ming Dynasty abolished the prime minister, and cabinet ministers often became powerful ministers. It was not uncommon for Ming emperors to be sidelined, and Emperor Tianqi was no exception. He used Wei Zhongxian to eliminate the Donglin Party, which was too powerful to be eliminated, allowing the emperor to regain power.
The power of eunuchs comes from the emperor, and it takes only a matter of minutes for the emperor to deal with the eunuchs. No matter how powerful the eunuchs were, such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian, once they lost the support of the emperor, they became the target of attacks by civil servants, and their wealth and life could not be saved.
After all, the eunuch is also the emperor's pawn. When the eunuch is needed, he is brought up, and when he is not needed, he is thrown out to let everyone vent their anger.
[In the summer of the sixth year of Tianqi, floods broke out in the capital, and drought and locust plagues occurred in Jiangbei and Shandong. In the autumn of that year, there was another flood in the north of the Yangtze River, and a locust plague occurred in the south of the Yangtze River. In the north and south of the country, people are in dire straits; inside and outside the court, crises are everywhere. 】
[Two hundred and sixty years ago, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang roared so furiously that the souls of foreigners were driven away and the Han people straightened their spines.
! 】
[One hundred and eighty years ago, the remaining power of Taizu was exhausted, and the world has forgotten the roar that shocked the past and the present. The civil war brought the Han people to the edge of the abyss, and the Central Plains was lifeless. Just when it was about to repeat the same mistakes, the nearly sixty-year-old Qiwu King Zhu Gaojie fought from the southwest to the capital, and then from the capital to the hinterland of Mobei, conquering the south and the north. After more than fifty years without a single defeat, it once again pushed Ming Dynasty to the top of the sun and the moon, awakening the bloody nature of the Han people! 】
[In the one hundred and eighty years since King Qiwu, there has never been a hero like Taizu or King Qiwu in the land of the Central Plains. 】
[You, Zhu Youxiao, are not the emperor of the ages. You do not have the ability to restore the Ming Dynasty. You can only use eunuchs to barely keep the empire alive and allow the Han people to sink. 】
[On May 18th, the fifth year of Tianqi, the boat you were riding in capsized when you were out on the lake. Although you were lucky to survive after falling into the water, your body became increasingly weak. 】
[At this time, it is difficult for you to maintain the calmness you had when you first took the throne. You have been feeling groggy all day long, and it is difficult to tell which of the ministers coming and going in front of you is loyal and which wants your life. 】
[You know, I am afraid that someone must be behind your fall into the water. You used Wei Zhongxian to suppress the Donglin Party. It is not difficult for smart people to see that you are the mastermind behind the scenes. You have offended too many people and want to kill them. Your people are countless. 】
[In August of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, knowing that time was running out, you summoned your fifth brother Xin Wang Zhu Youjian to see you. You said in a weak voice: "My brother... should be regarded as Yao and Shun... the Ming Dynasty... is yours. ..."]
[Zhu Youjian lowered his head, his eyes were so deep that it was difficult to see clearly. 】
[You know very well that your fifth brother, Zhu Youjian, has the ambition of a saint, but does not have the talent of a saint. He always wants to plot against others but is always plotted by others. 】
[The Ming Dynasty will surely perish at the hands of Zhu Youjian! 】
[However, you have no better choice. In such a chaotic situation, you have no better candidate to pass the throne. To pass the throne to Zhu Youjian, you just chose a taller one from a short one. Among the current Renzong descendants, Withered away. 】
[You are very confused. Why did the founder Zhu Di not pass the throne to the line of King Qi, but to the line of the prince? 】
[The lineage of King Qi has been able to control the southwest for hundreds of years. Instead of gradually declining, it has become more and more prosperous. If the ancestors were passed down to King Qi back then, how much more would the Ming Dynasty reach today? 】
[If the throne had been passed on to King Qi by the ancestors back then, you should be a carefree Prince Taiping now, rather than an Emperor Tianqi who was trapped in the quagmire and struggled to struggle. 】
[Forget it, you are already dying, so why bother thinking about this. 】
[On Yi Mao in the eighth month of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, you passed away in the Qianqing Palace, with the temple name "Xizong". 】
[Zhu Youxiao’s emperor life simulation ends. 】
Seeing this, Zhu Di had an idea.
The Ming Dynasty flourished in Hongwu, flourished in Yongle, and was ashamed of orthodoxy. The Ming Dynasty was revived during the Chenghua period and fell during the Jiajing period. The Ming Dynasty that was left to Emperor Zhu Youxiao of Tianqi was already a decadent empire with leaks everywhere.
Zhu Di can't say he likes Emperor Tianqi much, nor does he dislike him. If he used four words to describe Emperor Tianqi, it would probably be - powerless.
He could only do it reluctantly and prevent Ming Dynasty from dying by his own hands.
Zhu Di already had a premonition that, as Emperor Tianqi thought, the Ming Dynasty would die at the hands of Zhu Youjian.
Simulating the Apocalypse Dynasty, the bad situation of the Ming Dynasty was already second only to the Ming Dynasty after the Civil Engineering Revolution. However, the Ming Dynasty at that time had Zhu Gaojie, the King of Qi, who had never been defeated in the battlefield, and Yu Qian, an unparalleled general and prime minister. There was a generation of Mingjun Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu.
These three people, no matter which dynasty or generation they are placed in, can shake up the past and the present. King Qi can win no matter how he fights, Yu Qian can defend the country no matter how he defends it, and Emperor Jingtai can prosper the country no matter how he governs it.
Who is there in Tianqi Dynasty?
He has the Donglin Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Jianzhou Jurchens who are increasingly threatening in the Northeast?
All kinds of ills broke out when the empire was extremely weak.
Zhu Di suddenly realized a key question: After the fall of the Ming Dynasty, who will dominate the Central Plains?
Rebel army?
Or Jianzhou Jurchen?
No, neither.
It’s Prince Qi’s Mansion in Southwest China!
During the Jiajing Dynasty, one hundred thousand southwest troops could run rampant across the world. The court at that time had not yet completely fallen into a situation of repeated defeats. In the early days of Jiajing, the imperial court was still relatively clean, and Emperor Jiajing was still an ambitious young man with the ambitions of an emperor to gather imperial power and conquer the southwest!
At that time, Prince Qi's palace was at its weakest moment. The new King of Qi, Zhu Youxie, had just succeeded to the throne. The soldiers in the southwest were disorganized. Facing the menacing 300,000 imperial army, the southwest was in danger.
Then Jiajing was gone.
The new king Zhu Youxie led the 100,000 Southwest Army and effortlessly defeated the imperial army and captured hundreds of thousands of people. From then on, the imperial court paid huge compensation to Southwest every year. After this battle, the Qi Palace became increasingly powerful. .
At that time, Prince Qi's Mansion was already able to sweep the world, and Prince Qi's Mansion in the Tianqi Dynasty would only become even more powerful.
He can send troops northward at any time and take control of the Central Plains!
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Yongle thirteenth year, September
The ninth month of the lunar calendar, also known as "Ji Qiu", is the last month of autumn. After Ji Qiu, there is Mengdong. All things wither in September. The fallen leaves have covered Jinling City with withered yellow armor, like a veteran in his twilight years. The most chilling month of the year.
The seemingly unremarkable morning court ceremony turned out to be very solemn on this day. His Majesty decreed yesterday that officials in the capital must attend court today. Regardless of any reason, as long as they are still breathing, they must come to Fengtian Hall to attend court. They must be carried. Bring it over.
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god. Those who go to sea all believe in Mazu and wish for smooth sailing on the sea, and Zheng He is no exception.
But as soon as he returned to the capital, Zheng He calmly replaced "Lai Di silently assists" in his words, and changed the object of gratitude from Mazu to Zhu Di.
"Zheng He, thank you for your hard work for these two years of wandering at sea." Zhu Di said with emotion.
Zheng He's eyes filled with tears: "I will serve your Majesty loyally, and I will do my best!"
"Zheng He's prowess is similar to that of King Qi. I think you two should have more topics in common." Zhu Di said with a smile, "After all, you two are very interested in the West."
Zheng He turned his attention to King Qi. Zhu Gaoxiao was wearing a python pattern robe and standing at the head of the officials. The person who stood in this position before was the prince Zhu Gaochi.
Noticing Zheng He's gaze, Zhu Gaojie smiled slightly to express his goodwill.
Zheng He suspected that he had seen the wrong person. Is this King Qi? !
The last time he saw King Qi was three years ago. At that time, there was no airs in King Qi. He was like a banished immortal. He was suave, gentle and gentle, with a pair of peach blossom eyes that were passionate and charming. He was trapped in the whirlpool of party disputes. The three brothers have completely different temperaments, more like Prince Taiping.
Although the current King Qi is also young, he has the mature temperament of a superior. He clearly looks more like his biological mother, Queen Xu, but suddenly he seems to see Zhu Di's figure, showing no anger or authority.
Zheng He saluted Zhu Gaojie: "His Royal Highness King Qi."
"We haven't seen each other for many years, and I am filled with emotion when we meet again today." Zhu Gaojie also slightly bowed his hands in return, showing respect.
Zheng He felt a little complicated. During his return to China, he had heard about King Qi's "great achievements" and felt that his world view had been impacted.
It was really unimaginable for him that that docile young man had fought in the north and south, expanded his territory, and even the King of Han and the Crown Prince had fallen into the hands of King Qi.
Is this reasonable?
I've only been at sea for two years, and things have changed since I returned home? ?
