Zhu Yunwen was dumbfounded. He had never expected this ending, let alone accepted it.
An army of 600,000 people besieged them, but they were stunned to lose, and they lost so miserably.
But the current problem is not as simple as losing a battle.
Geng Bingwen lost 100,000, and Li Jinglong lost tens of thousands in his attack on the city. This time, the 600,000-strong army was reduced by half.
Now, he is no longer capable of suppressing rebellion, and he does not dare to suppress rebellion anymore.
So he rushed eight hundred miles away and brought back Xu Zengshou, who was behind the scenes.
Today, Zhu Yunwen finally understands that his cousin Li Jinglong is trying to trick him.
This time, without the need for civil servants to say anything, he directly issued an imperial edict to let Li Jinglong return to the capital, saying that he would never let this guy be the head coach.
On the day Li Jinglong came back, he was detained at home by Zhu Yunwen.
If it weren't for Li Qing's help in interceding, the God of War would have been imprisoned even if he didn't die, and it would not be unusual to even reduce his rank to the people.
Li Jinglong's defeat was really miserable.
Compared with him, Wuding Marquis Guo Ying was much more comfortable. Firstly, his army suffered little losses, and secondly, he was so popular that Zhu Yunwen did not dare to touch him.
Royal study room.
Zhu Yunwen held a meeting again. This time, Qi Fang and Huang, who had always been arrogant, were speechless. The situation completely exceeded their expectations.
The three of them remained silent, so Zhu Yunwen had no choice but to ask Li Qing for help, "Mr. Li, do you have any good ideas?"
Li Qing shook his head slightly, "Your Majesty, King Yan has gained momentum, and the court has no power to contain him."
Zhu Yunwen's face darkened and he murmured, "Why is this happening?"
He didn't understand that a great situation had turned into this situation in just two years, which was really beyond his comprehension.
"Sir, you must have a way." Zhu Yunwen asked for help, "Say it, as long as you say it, I will definitely agree."
Li Qing was helpless. After thinking for a moment, he considered and said: "The person King Yan objects to is not the emperor, but..."
He looked at Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru, and Huang Zicheng, "It's their blind reforms. If the emperor can fully restore the ancestral system, he might as well negotiate with King Yan."
Li Qing knew that at this point, Zhu Di would never give up halfway. The reason why he said this was to quickly stop the national policy changes made by the three idiots.
The growth rate of civil servants is too fast. If they are allowed to develop, the Ming Dynasty will be no different from the Song Dynasty in at most twenty years.
Zhu Yunwen agreed decisively, "Okay, I will change it at noon later."
"Your Majesty, think twice!" Fang Xiaoru was the first to stand up, "How can Your Majesty compromise because of a vassal king?"
"Then do you have any way to stop King Yan?" Zhu Yunwen shouted.
"Your Majesty..." Fang Xiaoru was choked and speechless, and changed his words, "Your Majesty, from Peking to the capital, there are countless passes along the way. King Yan can't get in. As long as we, the monarch and the ministers, are united..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Zhu Yunzhen became angry, "I have made up my mind, don't try to persuade me anymore."
This time, he didn't listen to anyone except Li Qing.
Zhu Yunwen shook his sleeves and hummed, "It's almost noon time, you can come with me."
Fengtian Temple.
When the five monarchs and ministers arrived, the officials had not yet arrived. This was the first time for the court meeting, and the emperor arrived before the ministers.
Two quarters of an hour later, hundreds of officials arrived one after another. When they saw this posture, everyone knew that something big had happened.
Soon, they learned the news of the disastrous defeat of the 600,000-strong army. At this moment, everyone was shocked, and some even had an ominous premonition.
Zhu Yunwen looked tiredly at the officials below. Seeing that they were noisy, he couldn't help but shouted: "Quiet!"
The noisy hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at him.
Zhu Yunwen took a breath and said calmly, "Since I took the throne, I have implemented many national policies. If you think about it carefully, the harm outweighs the benefits. From now on, I have decided to fully restore the ancestral system."
"Your Majesty, think twice!"
The Minister of Personnel was the first to bow, followed by the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Punishments... and finally all the civil servants knelt down.
All civil servants opposed it!
Zhu Yunwen was still too naive, and Li Qing also underestimated the difficulty of changing back.
Once power and interests are given, it is extremely difficult to get them back.
Seeing that all the civil servants were objecting, Zhu Yunwen was a little panicked, but thinking of Zhu Di, he made up his mind and said stubbornly: "My dear friends, please don't try to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind."
"How can the emperor, the supreme emperor, speak golden words and change his orders every day?" The Minister of Rites strongly objected.
Other ministers immediately joined the wave of opposition and did not give Zhu Yunwen a chance to speak.
Zhu Yunwen suddenly realized that the emperor's words didn't seem to work very well anymore, and said angrily: "Whoever objects again will have twenty imperial staffs."
The civil servants were not afraid at all. Not only did they object, but they also criticized Zhu Yunwen, a dignified emperor, for surrendering to the vassal king, which was against the emperor's style.
And the words became more and more intense, almost pointing to the nose and cursing.
"Hit me, drag me down and beat me!" Zhu Yunwen said bitterly, "Hit me hard!"
Soon, the loudest shouters were dragged out.
But instead of frightening the civil servants, the imperial staff made them even more unscrupulous. The six subjects were given to Shizhong and Yushi Yanguan, and they directly scolded them.
That's right, just curse people directly.
In fact, when Lao Zhu was in power, he was scolded by officials, but his words were relatively mild.
Zhu Yunzhen became angry and immediately imprisoned a group of people, and then killed several censors who accused him of being a coward and harming the country. Finally, he was temporarily suppressed.
But everyone refused to implement his so-called restoration of the ancestral system. The Hanlin Academy did not draft it, and the Ministry of Rites did not issue it.
Seeing this situation, Li Qing couldn't help but secretly sigh: "The civil servants have lost control. Xiao Xiaozhu has no authority at all."
Zhu Yunwen was stunned. He did not expect that these courtiers who usually shouted: "The Emperor's Holy Ming" would one day treat him like this.
But soon he saw a scene that made him even more stunned.
The six ministers, ministers, censors of the Duchayuan...all the key civil servants resigned.
Including the three gentlemen he trusted most, all said they would quit.
Of course, they didn't really intend to give up, but to force Zhu Yunwen to compromise.
Eventually, they succeeded.
In such a situation, Zhu Yunwen did not dare to remove so many people.
The general's heart was already cold. If the civil servant gave up his choice again, he would never be able to bear it.
The ministers dispersed, and Zhu Yunwen sat on the dragon chair in despair, looking at the empty hall and saying nothing for a long time.
I looked down at the five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on my body, and felt it was so dazzling and ironic...
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The court was in chaos, but Zhu Di was in a good situation. He ordered Zhu Gaoxu to supervise part of the surrendered troops, while he led a large force to counterattack.
Things have turned, and this time it was him, Zhu Di, who took the offensive.
In May, Zhu Di captured Dezhou and forced the Southern troops to rush to Jinan. In June, he attacked Jinan again.
Today's Zhu Di is no longer what he was a month ago. He has picked up many remnant troops along the way. After a meal, he appointed officials and made a wish, and the team grew stronger.
Zhu Di looked up at Ji... Nancheng, with a wicked smile on his lips. This time, he also wanted to play a trick.
——Conquer the enemy without fighting!
So he wrote a letter to persuade the defenders in the city to surrender. When he thought about it, his hundreds of thousands of troops were approaching the city, and he could definitely capture them.
Soon, a letter came back to him from the city. When Zhu Di opened it, his nose almost became crooked.
The reply was written politely, but the hidden meaning was anything but polite.
The general idea is: Let Zhu Di follow the example of Duke Zhou who assisted his nephew in governing the world, loyally assist his nephew Zhu Yunwen, and return to Peking to guard the border honestly. Hello, I am okay, everyone.
Seeing that persuading them to surrender failed, Zhu Di stopped playing tricks and directly ordered an attack on the city.
But things went beyond Zhu Di's expectation. He thought that after losing several battles in a row, the morale of the defenders in the city would be very low. However, he did not expect that under the leadership of Sheng Yong and Tie Xuan, the defenders united as one and made the defense watertight. .
After nearly three months of continuous attacks, they still could not break the city.
Zhu Di became angry and moved out the cannons reserved for attacking the capital. But as soon as he fired a few cannons, the spiritual tablet of his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, was placed on the city.
This time, it was Zhu Di's turn to be dumbfounded.
At the same time, Tie Xuan emerged from the city, stood at the crenel where the old Zhu Ling plaque was hung, pointed at Zhu Di and cursed.
For example: being an unfilial son, abandoning the ancestral temple, and being criticized by thousands of people...
After a sudden attack, Zhu Di was scolded to death.
Zhu Di was very sad and angry. He had never suffered such a big loss since Jingnan.
He admitted that he couldn't beat him, but losing like this was hard for him to accept.
At this moment, Tie Xuan successfully replaced Ping An and became the person Zhu Di hated most.
But Qi returned to Qi, and he didn't dare to touch my spiritual tablets. There was no way to continue the stalemate, so he had to stop and withdraw.
Zhu Yunwen was very happy when he received the battle report. He immediately promoted Tie Xuan to Shandong's envoy. At the same time, he appointed Sheng Yong as the commander-in-chief to attack King Yan.
The two did not disappoint him. They recruited strong men to pursue and fight Zhu Di, and successively conquered several lands occupied by Zhu Di.
On the surface, the situation of the Southern Army was excellent, but in fact, Zhu Di's losses were not great.
In December, Zhu Di regrouped and went south again. This time he learned his lesson and attacked Dongchang instead.
Unexpectedly, this time, due to the manipulation of Sheng Yong, Ping An, and Tie Xuan, he suffered a greater loss, and his general Zhang Yu was killed in the battle.
Li Qing saw that Zhu Di could not attack for a long time, so he also started to make plans. He suggested that Xiao Zhu take advantage of the victory to pursue, hand over all his troops to Ping An and Sheng Yong, and attack Zhu Di all the way and Peiping all the way.
Zhu Yunwen won one after another, regained his confidence, and readily accepted it.
This time, the Confederate army came out in full force, and everyone thought Zhu Di was going to be doomed.
But they ignored one big thing, that is, the capital was empty.
Li Qing believed that Zhu Di could definitely see it, and even if he couldn't, Dao Yan would definitely be able to.
