In fact, in the dark side of many civil servants' hearts, they prefer a small defeat in this battle to a big victory.
It would be best to let the emperor suffer some hardships and stop him from thinking about his own military expeditions in the future.
However, it is a pity that the Battle of Yingzhou achieved a complete victory. Dayan Khan fled north with the remaining defeated soldiers, leaving only more than 10,000 heads. After that, Emperor Zhengde sent troops deep into the desert several times, and the Mongolian army If there is no one who dares to take the lead, the entire line will be withdrawn northward.
The Ming Dynasty once again won the war with the north. Dayan Khan led his troops to the north. The Ming army also sent small groups of troops to harass the retreating enemy troops and further attack their effective strength.
However, this also made Zhu Houzhao realize that civil servants could not stop him.
In the next two years, he traveled many times, and the scope became more and more blatant. From the vicinity of the capital at the beginning, to Shandong, and then to the northwest of the Central Plains, he traveled all over the north. The posture of Qianlong's expedition to the south of the Yangtze River in later generations.
All government affairs were entrusted to the cabinet.
Of course, Emperor Zhengde was not a fool, and important matters had to be left to him. What's more, there was Yan Yuan in the court as a check and balance, and Yang Tinghe couldn't afford to cause big troubles.
In this way, the imperial court could still barely function.
It ran like this for two years.
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In the 14th year of Zhengde's reign, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.
At this time, Prince Ning's mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was very lively. His Highness Prince Ning was going to entertain two of his distinguished guests in the mansion tonight.
One is Sun Sui, the governor of Jiangxi, and the other is Wang Shouren, the admiral and censor of the military affairs capital of Southern Jiangxi.
Yan Ling also followed Wang Shouren, but as a follower. Since he was an entourage, he was naturally not qualified to sit at the main table. He was arranged to eat in the corridor with the other attendants and guards.
Yan Ling didn't care. He was not a particularly particular person, and Prince Ning's Mansion wouldn't give them bad food.
While he and a few people gathered together to eat wine and food in the yard, he peeked around unceremoniously.
However, Prince Ning dared to open his mansion and let them in, so he was naturally prepared. Anything that went beyond etiquette was invisible, just like an ordinary prince.
After taking a few bites, a staff member came over and said hello to them.
Then without any courtesy, he just threw a bag of silver on the table.
"Everyone has come a long way and worked hard. This is a reward for you." The staff member smiled and said:
"I also hope that you can speak kindly to our prince in front of these two adults! I rely on you!"
The entourages who could follow two big figures to such an important banquet were naturally old men who were close friends. This aide had this intention to win over them.
Several followers looked at each other, some were a little moved, but others looked disdainful.
The staff member saw it, a flash of physical pain flashed in his eyes, but he still took out a stack of paper from his arms.
"Here is the land deed for five hundred acres of fertile land, and I will give it to a few of you as well."
This time, the eyes of the followers couldn't help but shine brightly.
Five hundred acres of fertile land, Prince Ning is so generous!
This time, no one showed disdain anymore, and everyone was obviously a little moved.
A satisfied smile flashed across the corner of the staff member's mouth. Just as he was about to speak, a shout suddenly came from not far away, and the voice was a bit sharp:
"I am a distinguished guest of Prince Ning's Mansion!"
This shrill cry immediately attracted everyone's attention, but when the staff heard the sound, his hands shook and he raised his head.
I saw an unkempt man in tattered clothes walking towards this side. He was crazy and had a silly smile on his face. When he saw a servant passing by, he immediately leaned over and said again:
"I am Prince Ning's military advisor!"
The servant seemed to be used to it, so he spat on him and walked away cursing.
At this time, the lunatic noticed the people in the yard. He seemed to be even more excited. He took off all his few clothes in three strokes, then pointed at the people and laughed:
"Dying people, a group of dying people!"
When they heard someone cursing themselves, the followers immediately darkened their faces, full of displeasure. When they saw the man's naked body, they even turned their heads, shouting inwardly that it was bad luck.
However, the lunatic ignored them at all and just giggled to himself. When he saw the staff member glaring at him, he seemed to be even more excited. His whole body was trembling sickly, and the silver needles were swinging around, showing off his body wantonly.
With everyone's eyes focused on him, he became more and more wanton, twisting his body like the dancers at the banquet, as if he could get a different kind of pleasure from it.
He did not forget to shout:
"I am a distinguished guest hired by Prince Ning with a large sum of money!"
Suddenly, the followers turned to the staff member with strange eyes——
Just hire this person for a lot of money?
Prince Ning, is he not sick?
Under such a situation, the staff also felt embarrassed, and naturally the matter at hand could not continue. He forcibly pushed the money towards the entourage, and then showed an ugly smile:
"Everyone, I will pay you a visit one day with generous gifts."
With that said, he left in a hurry, feeling that as a member of Prince Ning's Mansion, he had been humiliated by what the other party did.
I will definitely speak to Prince Ning when I get back and drive this lunatic out of the house!
He felt cruel in his heart, this was not the first time.
There was a commotion in the lobby, and it was obvious that the commotion here had affected the banquet in the main hall.
Not long after, several strong slaves rushed out, forcibly wrapped the lunatic in clothes, and then roughly dragged him away.
And the lunatic, even when he was being dragged away, was still shouting excitedly and talking nonsense.
The followers looked at this scene and felt it was extremely ridiculous - this is the palace?
They touched the silver in their hands and felt it was extremely hot.
To be able to hire such a lunatic with a lot of money, this prince is probably not very mentally normal.
This money... let's forget about it.
And this also became a topic of conversation when they were drinking. Talking about what this madman did, they burst into laughter.
Only Yan Ling didn't smile.
After drinking a little, he stood up, used the excuse of relieving himself, and disappeared into the darkness.
For only five taels of silver, a servant happily took him to the madman's residence.
Yan Ling opened the door and saw the madman sitting at the table.
At this time, his nose was bruised, his face was swollen, and his body was covered with bruises. It could be seen that the strong man greeted him well. It was obvious that what he did just now really pissed off Prince Ning.
But at this time, the "madman"'s face was full of calm, and he was quietly chewing the steamed bun in his hand. How could he look half crazy like before?
It wasn't until he heard the door behind him creaking that he suddenly turned around. Seeing Yan Ling's arrival, he was stunned for a moment, then his facial muscles twisted, and that weird smile appeared again:
"Hehe, hehehe."
Under the moonlight, the young man looked at the madman quietly, and the madman tried his best to show his madness.
After a long time, the madman finally got tired. He stopped and stared at the figure dressed as a boy in front of him with surprised eyes.
The young man's throat moved, and he finally said softly:
"Brother Bohu, why is this..."
The madman felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He froze in place, motionless.
The young man took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it over.
"If you can escape from the prison of this palace one day, you can go to the Yan family in the southeast and take a look."
"It's a pity that my talent has been buried like this..."
The moon was high in the sky, and the madman looked at the figure that was gradually disappearing, then lowered his head and looked at the jade pendant in his hand.
Tears blurred his eyes, then flowed down his cheeks, dripping onto the ground, soaking the ground in an instant.
A choking sound came from under the disheveled hair.
The young man's words seemed to take him back to the distant past, an era when he was very close to glory.
Before entering the city of Beijing, he was still a world-famous talent in Wuzhong, and he was still the provincial examination Jieyuan of Yingtian Mansion!
Southeast Yan family...
The madman's hand tightly grasped the jade pendant, like the last straw grasped by a drowning man.
(End of chapter)
