[On August 15th, the 14th year of Zhengtong, this day is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is obviously a great day for reunion, but a disaster occurred in the north of the Ming Dynasty. 】
[The 400,000 Ming army led by Emperor Zhu Qizhen of the Ming Dynasty was completely annihilated in Tumubao. The military generals and relatives suffered a disaster, and all the civil servants and ministers also died in Tumubao. Zhu Qizhen was captured by the Oara people, and four generations of people were saved. The established foundation was overturned in one fell swoop. 】
[You don’t quite understand how this battle was fought. Before the Xuanfu war, the Jinyiwei had already clearly investigated the deployment of the fourth Wala army. With an absolute advantage, they also occupied the condescending position in intelligence. It would be impossible to change a pig. Zhu Qizhen lost the winnable battle. 】
[After the Oara people annihilated the elite Ming army in one fell swoop, the Oara Grand Master also led the grassland coalition aggressively and marched all the way to the capital gate. He was ambitious. He wanted to become the second Genghis Khan and re-establish the vast empire of the Mongols! 】
[At this time, you received a letter from the capital. It was a handwritten letter from Yu Qian, who had just been promoted to Minister of War. 】
[The Ming Dynasty was not the cowardly former Song Dynasty. The ministers headed by Yu Qian refused to move south to temporarily avoid the power of Wala. 】
[At Yu Qian’s suggestion, the imperial court decided to summon the two capitals and Henan to prepare for the Japanese army, the coast of Shandong and Yingtian Prefecture to prepare for the Japanese army, and the Jiangbei and Shuntian prefectures to transport grain. They urgently went to the capital. At the same time, they summoned the vassal kings of various provinces and King Qin to defend them. The capital, fight to the death with the Wala people. 】
[The troops in the two capitals, Henan, Shandong, Jiangbei and other places had no problem and rushed to the capital at full speed, but there was a problem in summoning the vassal kings of the provinces. 】
[It is not that the provincial vassal kings are timid, they also want to send troops to defend the capital, but they are determined but powerless. The Yongle Dynasty continued the Jianwen Dynasty's policy of reducing vassals. Although the lives of the vassal kings in each province were not in danger, all the military power in their hands was honestly handed over. The vassal kings of various provinces are now mascots waiting to die, and they have no troops at all. 】
Zhu Di looked a little embarrassed and touched the tip of his nose.
Jianwen reduced the vassal status, and King Zhu Di of Yan rebelled and usurped the throne. As a result, when he became emperor, he cut him even more harshly than Jianwen, and directly lost his military power to the vassals.
He himself was a rebel lord, and he had a grudge against the other lords in his heart. What if these people follow the example of King Yan back then and start a Jingnan War?
In the same way, when Zhu Di was not firmly on the throne, he expressed his goodwill and gained the support of his brothers by restoring several vassal kings whom Zhu Yun, the feudal emperor Zhu Yun, had cut off.
After firmly taking the throne, it can be said that it is quite clever to eliminate the three guards of these vassal kings through various reasons, or simply depose them as common people.
Although this eliminated the hidden danger of the feudal king causing rebellion, it also planted the seeds of another hidden danger.
——The scene in the Hongwu Dynasty when the vassal kings beat the foreigners to a pulp no longer exists. When the Ming Dynasty faced threats, these vassal kings all became helpless wastes.
[But it is not true that there are no vassals that the Ming Dynasty can defeat. 】
[You are the last vassal king in charge of the army in the Ming Dynasty. 】
[You hold 100,000 Southwest troops and are stationed in Annan Province. You have built an indestructible wall for the Ming Dynasty in the Southwest, like a magic needle that fixes the sea. As long as Prince Qi’s palace in Southwest China is there, the other countries in Southwest China will not dare to offend Ming Dynasty. 】
[It’s just that the imperial court doesn’t know that the southwestern countries have disappeared now. They only exist in name. In fact, they have been occupied by Prince Qi’s Mansion. 】
[Yu Qian, Minister of War, did not know this. The meaning of his handwriting was simple and clear, that is, he hopes that you will lead the Southwest Army and send troops north to assist the capital. 】
[Now Yu Qian is the supreme commander of the Ming Dynasty, and his power has reached the pinnacle of his life. All armies in the Ming Dynasty must obey his orders. But Yu Qian didn't have time to think so much. He was extremely busy. Although he was already mobilizing various troops and shouting forcefully, he actually didn't know what to do. 】
[The main force of the Ming army has died in Tumubao. The remaining troops are either reserves or grain transport troops. Their combat effectiveness is incomparable to the elite of the main force. All 400,000 elite Ming troops are dead. Can these reserves defeat the grassland coalition forces? 】
[There is no other way. At this point, Yu Qian can only give it a try. 】
[The battle was won, and the Ming Dynasty was temporarily relieved of the crisis and could continue to breathe. 】
[If he loses the fight, then Yu Qian will be a sinner for the ages, and the entire Ming Dynasty will be buried for him. 】
[You know that Yu Qian can win this battle and continue the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, but you still choose to lead the southwest army north to aid the capital. 】
[In your layout, this is an extremely critical move. 】
[Winning this battle, Southwest will no longer have to worry about the pressure brought by the court, and can focus on development without having to dodge and worry. 】
[Yu Qian wants to win this battle and save the Ming Dynasty. 】
[You have to win this battle and bring a hundred years of peace to Prince Qi’s Mansion in Southwest China! 】
Zhu Di suddenly realized something: "That's it."
He actually already knew the causes and consequences of the Tumu Fort Incident, as well as the outcome of the subsequent battle to defend the capital. This time, I used King Qi's perspective to simulate it. In fact, the results were the same. Zhu Di cared more about the details and King Qi's thoughts.
He has always been curious about the battle to defend the capital. King Qi led the army to force Oara back. After taking control of the capital, he did not choose to seize power and usurp the throne.
In the capital at that time, if King Qi had the idea of usurping the throne, no one could stop him.
Yu Qian's army had been crippled after the battle to defend the capital, and could not stop King Qi's elite and powerful Southwest Army. After Desheng's victory, King Qi's prestige reached its peak, meeting all the conditions needed to usurp the throne. Even Zhu Qiyu was already lying down and preparing to write the Zen edict.
Logically speaking, King Qi should not have any psychological pressure. His seizure of power at this time cannot even be called a usurpation, but it is not a succession.
At this time, Zhu Qizhen, the real official of the Ming Dynasty, was still raising horses on the grassland. As for Zhu Qiyu, he was at most a temporary pseudo-emperor. The ministers, including Yu Qian, did not regard Zhu Qiyu as the real emperor at all. King Qi's prestige soared after he defeated Wala in Mobei to protect the Ming Dynasty. If he wanted to be the emperor at this time, not only would he not encounter opposition, but he would gain the support of a large number of people.
He is the son of Zhu Di and a prince in the lineage of Emperor Taizong Wen. It is reasonable to inherit the throne in terms of seniority.
But King Qi refused the throne.
Zhu Di, who was imitating Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Qizhen at that time, was puzzled. Could it be that King Qi really had no ambition at all and was just a rotten salted fish? But what he did was not like a salted fish at all, but more like a diligent model worker. Why didn't he want to be the emperor?
The answer is simple. The benefits he gets from being an emperor are not even as good as the benefits he gets from being a local emperor in the southwest.
If he chooses to usurp power at this time, what will he get in the end?
A Ming Empire was leaking and broken everywhere, and everything it could do was restricted. Although it was a powerful medicine that could heal Ming Dynasty, the empire was already in pieces before Ming Dynasty could be cured.
The weak Ming Dynasty is not worthy of an ambitious and capable King Qi. If he chooses to be emperor at this time, he will try his best to restore Ming Dynasty to the Xuande period at best. Leading a half-submerged broken ship into a behemoth galloping across the sea sounded great, but King Qi didn't care about it.
He gave up the throne at this time and chose to return to the southwest. He could completely lead this powerful force with the right time, place and people to develop into a magnificent empire. This can be proved from the simulation of Chongzhen.
The Palace of Prince Qi when Chongzhen fell, has developed into the unparalleled powerful Qi Ming Empire that occupies the entire Western territory.
King Qi: I left the powerful Qi Ming Empire to work for your weak Ming Dynasty. Do you think I am stupid?
In the same plot, after Zhu Zhanqi, who imitated the lineage of the Han Dynasty, became the emperor, King Qi chose to usurp the throne without hesitation.
Because Zhu Zhanqi was rushing to kill Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty is over at this time, the barrier to protect the southwest from the wind and rain will be gone. By then, the palace of Prince Qi in the southwest will face a worse situation, and Prince Qi will have no choice but to seize the throne.
He really didn't want to be the emperor, so he just rushed to the throne and usurped the throne reluctantly.
It sounds outrageous, but it's true.
Zhu Di soon realized a new question: "How did King Qi know this?"
He only used a simulator to see the situation clearly and looked at the overall situation from God's perspective, and then he figured out these truths. And King Qi was just blind, a blind man walking at night with a lamp on. How did he see the situation so clearly and make the most rational choice?
Zhu Di was shocked by King Qi's long-term vision and foresight in layout.
[You have built the 100,000-strong Southwest Army into a nearly modern force. All members are equipped with weapons that are hundreds of years beyond the current world. There is only a thin line between them and the "AK Legion". 】
[You have a complete intelligence agency "Southwest CIA", which consists of twelve departments, Southwest Military Intelligence Division, Southwest Coast Intelligence Division, Southwest Defense Intelligence Division, Southwest Intelligence Comprehensive Analysis Division, Southwest Financial Intelligence Analysis Division, Southwest Investigation Division, Southwest Investigation Department...]
[You have an elite "Southwestern Special Forces" among the elite. Although there are only two thousand people, they are formed by the most hard-core sergeants selected from the Southwest Army. They are equipped with the most advanced weapons in the Southwest. They can defeat the enemy in combat. Actual activities include harassment, sabotage, assassination and kidnapping, reconnaissance behind enemy lines, intelligence theft, psychological war propaganda, special security, as well as counter-subversion, counter-intelligence, counter-sneak attack and counter-hijacking activities. The organization is flexible, the personnel are capable, well-equipped, fast-moving, well-trained, and extremely powerful in combat effectiveness. 】
[You have a "Southwestern Artillery Battalion", which was established at a huge cost and is equipped with various types of artillery developed by the Southwest Academy of Sciences. There are heavy guns with large range of destructive power, as well as light guns that are small and flexible and can be easily controlled by one person. gun……】
[In twenty-five years, you have built the Southwest Army into a sharp sword that can combat dimensionality reduction in the current era! 】
[This is the terrifying background of Prince Qi’s Mansion in Southwest China! 】
