In fact, Zhu Houzhao really wanted to conquer it himself, but he also knew that it was unlikely. Before the Tumu Fort Incident, he didn't even have a son, and even the ministers who supported him would not allow him to go.
So he doesn't insist on this. Mainly, he is not the king of cold-weapon warfare. He talks a lot of nonsense. He is also the emperor, and others have to listen to what he says. This makes it difficult to ensure that he does not cause trouble.
Then simply retreat and do the next best thing. Troops must be sent anyway.
At this time, Mongolia was not unified, and they did not have the invincible state of "the Jurchens were less than ten thousand and invincible." Their fighting will was not at its peak. In the final analysis, the living conditions on the grasslands were difficult, so they went to the Central Plains to grab some things.
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From Xianzong to Wuzong in history, the Ming and Mongolian sides actually had mutual victories and defeats. He himself knew what kind of piss the Ming Dynasty was. To put it bluntly, during this period, the two sides were novices pecking each other.
Therefore, a real fight depends on the fighting will of both sides and how to employ people. Zhu Houzhao believes that as long as he delegates power to Yang Yiqing and leads the troops led by soldiers from the military academy such as Yang Shangyi, there is unlikely to be a major defeat.
Even if they really failed, the Mongols didn't have the strength to really threaten the Ming Dynasty.
But once he wins, it will be a huge help to him in promoting the old interest groups in the country. In fact, it is safer to fight when he first takes the throne, because the old interest class has the weakness of the bourgeoisie, and they also have illusions about the new emperor.
A few years later, after seeing the emperor's methods and knowing that Zhu Houzhao came with bad intentions - this was different.
At that time, if Zhu Houzhao sent troops again, the invisible risks would be even greater.
It was difficult for him to explain these considerations to the ministers, and it was difficult for the ministers to understand them clearly due to various limitations. And they also have their own little thoughts. They just don't like the emperor to use force.
Once force is used, if you win, the generals and nobles will rise, which has nothing to do with them. If you lose, the world will suffer, and they will not get any good. In addition, in traditional values, resorting to military force is an ironclad proof that the king is very happy with his achievements.
As a result, these literati have a lot of crooked ideas, which are actually not worthy of publicity. For example, if you look through various wars of this era, you often record how many or dozens of people were killed in a battle.
For example, Emperor Wuzong later personally commanded the Great Victory of Yingzhou. Historical records record that 16 Mongolian troops were killed and 52 Ming troops were killed.
How can this be? Even if tens of thousands of pigs collide, a lot of people will die, right? Not to mention hundreds of thousands of people stabbing each other with knives.
So recording it like this shows that on the one hand, he has a bad mind, and on the other hand, it also shows that he is stupid, at least he doesn't understand military affairs. The data is created at such a low level.
In the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, a folded declaration with the words "Loyal Minister" was covering Liu Mansion's hand, but he still did not dare to get up.
The emperor's treatment of him today seemed to be life-threatening, but in fact it hit him within seven inches.
It is also difficult for other officials to threaten the emperor by resigning and taking up official posts, otherwise they will charge you with "abandoning the imperial court."
But it was absolutely impossible for the cabinet to turn to support the emperor. ….
"Your Majesty, since ancient times, in wars, we have always considered defeat before thinking about victory..."
Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to argue with them about this anymore. He had different ideas and couldn't say anything. "Stop talking about it. I have made up my mind! In the cabinet, has anyone drafted an edict?!"
Liu, Li, and Xie all lay still.
"If you don't draw it up, I'll draw it up myself!"
"Your Majesty, wait a minute!" Han Wen suddenly lifted his official robe and said with a serious face, "I would like to draft an edict on behalf of Your Majesty!"
"Female ministers!" Liu Daxia yelled until his voice became hoarse, "Female ministers who only cater to the Holy Will! If the court makes any mistakes and kills you, the nine Korean clans, can you take the blame?!"
Zhu Houzhao laughed, "Come here, take this loyal minister down. He has good eyesight, and he can see that there is a big disaster in our Ming Dynasty, so he said that this Minister of War should quit as soon as possible. Liu Jin, you have to study hard, you That's a lot of effort, it's just a waste of time."
"Yes, slave
This servant's elm head is incomparable. After thinking about it, I know that I will be loyal to the emperor, and I can't distinguish anything else. "
The emperor waved his hand. These people should not think that he was joking. He really wanted to hang the two words he wrote on Liu Daxia's door.
But this move is too cruel. To be honest, if you really want to kill these scholars of Ming Dynasty, some people will not blink their eyes, but if you want to use his name, you will not care about anything.
When Liu Daxia saw someone trying to help him, he also lost his temper. He threw his arms away forcefully, his eyes were filled with scarlet red, and he slowly raised his hands and pointed at the person on the dragon chair.
Zhu Houzhao narrowed his eyes and knew that Liu Daxia was seeking death.
"tyrant!"
This shrill scream went straight through the palace, and everyone was stunned by this shout.
"tyrant!!"
Liu Daxia called out again.
Liu Jin was so scared that he almost peed. His body was trembling and he couldn't even get up even if he wanted to. I was thinking: Crazy, crazy, crazy, this person doesn’t want to live anymore!
"tyrant!!!"
Zhu Houzhao rested his arm on the edge of the dragon chair and sat sideways. After hearing these three calls, his eyebrows trembled slightly. To be honest, his original intention was not to kill anyone.
"In passing the decree, Liu Daxia, the Minister of the Ministry of War, failed to discuss the matter before me and offended me. He was dismissed from the posts of Minister and Prince Taibao, and handed over to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple for discussion. I have read "Xianzong Shilu" in the past. During the Chenghua period, Emperor Xianzong When he wanted to conquer Annan, Liu Daxia, then the head of the Ministry of War, took the initiative to collect and burn the maps without authorization. Is this true? "
Liu Jian said, "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."
"The world praises Liu Daxia with this, and the history books have the four words "Gongda Guoti". But when I read it, I found it completely ridiculous. Whether the imperial court's national policy needs to be implemented or not, the emperor and his ministers have not yet decided, but a director of the Ministry of War actually hid the picture? ! The civil servants at that time actually praised this kind of behavior! You are all young, you must have been there at that time, right? Are you all pig-minded?!"
"I want to make it clear today. Liu Daxia's behavior is contempt for the emperor and his father, and has no dignity! A head of the military department of the imperial court dares to undermine the national policy of the imperial court. How can I, the emperor, be regarded as inappropriate? I think Liu Daxia is headed by This kind of people are clearly like rogue officials! As long as they have a righteous name, they dare to do any bad things, no matter what else. If future generations really need those pictures, let me, the emperor of the Zhu family, do it Where to find it? Liu Daxia, you said it yourself, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang... Counting it down, which dynasty and generation had such a domineering official like you?! The same thing happened today. If the emperor doesn't accept you, you dare to call the emperor a tyrant in court! Are you really Do you think I don’t dare to kill you?”….
"My dear, I only wish to die!"
"I'll grant you! Take him down and kill him on another day!" Zhu Houzhao made up his mind, damn, if there's anything that can't be killed, just kill him and see!
"Your Majesty!" Lin Han, the Minister of Rites, wanted to speak.
"Shut up!" Zhu Houzhao was really angry now.
When people are really angry, they should not make decisions easily, especially military and state affairs. He still has this bit of rationality.
"Everyone, get down! I don't want to hear any more!"
Now that the emperor has issued an order to expel guests, no one dares to stay in Qianqing Palace. Things in the northwest are not in a hurry on this day.
The north wind is howling outside, and the roaring wind seems to be telling the pain of this old empire.
Today's ending was not beyond Zhu Houzhao's expectation. Regarding whether to send troops or not, it seems that as long as this question is raised, it will be difficult to have a harmonious scene between the monarch and his ministers.
Zhu Houzhao stood in the Nuan Pavilion with his hands on his hips. The eunuch did not dare to raise his head to see his face, and did everything lightly.
"I want to compile a "Biography of Overlords"."
"Biographies of Overlords?"
The emperor turned around. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was necessary. There were too many overbearing ministers in the Ming Dynasty. "Send an order to Zhang Chengtian and ask him to use his brain first to incorporate Liu Daxia into these overbearing ministers! In addition, I also gave Zhang Tianrui a will to take action."
"yes."
He has been thinking about how to refute these ministers on the level of justice. In fact, there is a simple way for later generations, which is
It's labelling. Of course, Liu Daxia was neither a powerful official nor a female official, so a new word had to be invented for him.
As soon as a concept is invented and a label is attached, you have eighteen mouths and you still have trouble explaining it.
On the other side, the ministers also divided into factions after going down.
A group of people like Wang Hao, Han Wen, Min Gui, Liang Chu, and Jiao Fang gathered together. There were three people in the cabinet, plus Zhang Fuhua, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Lin Han, the minister of rites, and Zeng Jian, the minister of the ministry of industry. Get together too.
During today's court meeting, Zhang Fuhua took on a hot potato, Liu Daxia's life was on the line, and the first collision between the minister and the new monarch was described as tragic.
"...Looking at His Majesty's words and deeds, it is absolutely impossible to stop the troops from being sent out this time." Li Dongyang said worriedly, "Shi Yong... also has to find a way to save him."
Everyone looked at Lin Han, the Minister of Rites. He wanted to speak, but the emperor kicked him out.
"Your Majesty has a young mind, so it is expected that he likes these kinds of fighting and killing. But no matter what, I can't ask the cabinet to draft it. The key lies in the six subjects. If the imperial edict reaches the Ministry of War, will anyone dare to refute your majesty's edict? ?」
According to the design of the political system of the Ming Dynasty, the link of vote drafting can actually be ignored. If you don’t draft an imperial edict, I can draft an imperial edict. Anyway, the six ministries are actually implemented, but among the six ministries, Zhu Yuanzhang left a position called Liuke.
The Sixth Section has the right to review the imperial edict and can refute it if it feels it is not good.
Of course, in the actual political operation process, the six departments are held by civilian officials...actually forming a complete group of scholar-bureaucrats together with the cabinet. This group of scholar-bureaucrats competed with the imperial power in several power struggles.
For example, in the Dali Conference incident, Emperor Jiajing's imperial edict was sealed and returned by the cabinet; in the Wanli Emperor's struggle for national origin, his imperial edict was also sealed and returned.
The six subjects were abolished by Dorgon in the early Qing Dynasty. He looked down upon this system and felt it was disrespectful.
At this time, once the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrat group completely broke out, the emperor could of course remove the disobedient officials of the Sixth Section, but the scholar-official group was united and the so-called "upright" gentleman would not hold this position again.
Whoever goes is flattering the Holy Will, and then beats the emperor into a coward. Naturally, the eunuchs surrounding the emperor cannot escape. This is a complete set of logic.
That's why Zhu Houzhao tried his best to attack Liu Daxia's reputation, not because he was immoral, but because the power struggle required it. Once the emperor loses this moral high ground, the scholar-bureaucrats will instantly gather under the righteousness to oppose the emperor.
So the people in the cabinet actually still have a way. However, Xie Qiandu said, "With the power of the Holy One, there is no guarantee that he has not considered it before, right?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent again. This is no joke either. The new emperor is not the original Emperor Xiaozong...
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