In the autumn of the twelfth year of Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty, the little prince of the Great Khan of Tatar, Boyan Mengke, led tens of thousands of troops to invade the border of the Ming Dynasty, but was defeated by the army led by the Emperor Zhengde in the battle of Yatou Pass.

In this battle, the Tatars suffered heavy casualties, and they collapsed, and there was no longer the invincible momentum that swept the steppes before. As a result, the Mongolian people entered a dormant period of decades, and did not dare to violate the Ming border again for decades, until the end of Jiajing, with the birth of Altan Khan, Mongolia finally became a serious problem in the north of the Ming Dynasty again.

This was supposed to be a big victory enough to shine in history, but things took an unexpected turn in the future.

When the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and the central government learned of the various experiences of the Son of Heaven Zhengde on the border, they immediately blew up the pot and immediately went to the impeachment, bluntly saying that the Son of Heaven was wrong, especially showing great dissatisfaction with his disregard for his own safety and lightly involved in the battlefield.

On the surface, they naturally think that this is a manifestation of the Son of Heaven's lack of self-respect, and it is likely to repeat the mistakes of Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, thinking that this wind cannot be broken. But behind the scenes, it is difficult to say whether they are worried that the military generals' power will rise again because of this, so as to overpower the civilian clique.

However, one thing is certain, that is, it is the civil officials who are in charge now, and it is the civilian officials who write history, so they have a way to completely cover up this matter.

As a result, this great victory was completely overshadowed by history, and the soldiers of the border army only received some financial rewards, but nothing else. Even the battle itself was written as a small battle, and the location was changed, and it was called Yingzhou's victory, and the enemy was killed no more than hundreds.

Although the Emperor was still present, it was just another proof of his nonsense.

In this regard, people in the world no longer know that there are so many people who shed their blood and heads for the frontier of the Ming Dynasty and have made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty.

As a result, Zhengde was completely discouraged and became a mediocre and absurd son of heaven in the mouths of the people of the world and future generations.

Two years later, King Ning's rebellion broke out, and Zhengde went out again, but was preempted by Wang Yangming, and then he showed his absurd side, and actually let people release King Ning to fight with him.

Shortly thereafter, the emperor suddenly fell into the water in Qingjiangpu, fell ill and died. But the truth of his death is always doubted by future generations......

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In the twelfth year of Zhengde, in November, the Northland border.

Two horsemen, a man and a woman, were hurrying forward.

"Yang Chen, why didn't you promise your emperor to go back to Beijing with him?"

"Because Beijing is not where I want to be, it's too restrictive. And I feel that people like me are needed more in this frontier. Although the matter of the partial head pass has been resolved, I heard that there is some chaos in Yanmen Pass. Would you like to go on another adventure with me, Tana? ”

"Of course, I will go wherever you go in the future......"

The two rode away as they spoke, riding towards the unknowable future!