Zhengde left, and as he told Zhou Chong, he only stayed in Tianjin Port for two days, and he only saw Zhou Chong alone in these two days, and then he did not go to Beijing, but went directly to Liaodong by boat, and then Liaodong went to fish in the sea, where the Ming army had been recuperating for a long time, and was brewing a war against the Tatars to destroy the country, which needed to be commanded by Zhengde himself.

In addition, before Zhengde left, he issued another holy decree, that is, Zhou Chong's son Zhu Zaiyuan was the crown prince, if he died, Zhu Zaiyuan was not an adult, then the throne was temporarily taken over by Zhou Chong, if Zhu Zaiyuan was already an adult, then he would take over the throne of the Ming Dynasty.

After the cabinet received Zhengde's holy decree to determine the crown prince, they were all relieved, after all, the emperor has been fighting abroad all the year round, God knows when there will be an accident, if there is no prince in the country, then it will definitely cause a turmoil, even if there is Zhou Chong, the prison country, I am afraid it will not be able to stop those vassal kings all over the country, now that the Ming finally has a prince, to put it mildly, even if Zhengde dies the next day, they don't have to worry at all.

It is also worth mentioning that the cabinet does not know that Zhengde will not return to the capital in the future, otherwise if they knew, they would definitely be even happier, because in their opinion, Zhou Chong is now more like an emperor, and Zhengde is messing around like a child, now since Zhengde can do well in the army, then continue to do it, anyway, the Ming Dynasty does not need Zhengde to intervene.

When Zhengde left Tianjin, Zhou Chong had not yet returned to Beijing, so when the other party left, he also stood on the dock to see off Zhengde. Even he already felt it. This is probably the last time I and Zhengde will meet.

In fact, Zhengde made up his mind not to return to Beijing. Even from actually giving up the emperor's power, in addition to being betrayed by Jiang Bin and Liu Liangnu, Zhengde was actually worried about another thing, that is, the relationship between him and Zhou Chong, and it was this incident that made him finally make up his mind not to return to the capital.

Zhengde is not a good emperor, this is a well-known thing in the world, but since Zhengde went to Xuanfu. After Zhou Zhong took over the Ming Dynasty, the entire Ming Dynasty has undergone earth-shaking changes, both in the civil and officialdom, because of Zhou Chong and there have been great changes, and these changes are more conducive to the development of the Ming Dynasty, in just a few years, the entire Ming Dynasty is almost a new look, all aspects of agriculture and industry have burst out with great vitality, and the lives of the people have been greatly improved, at least in the event of natural disasters. No one flees from their homes anymore, relying only on food stored at home. It was enough for them to survive the famine.

It is also Zhou Chong who has done so well, and the absurdity of Zhengde's previous actions is immediately set off, and even many people think that if His Royal Highness King Zhao sits on the throne, Daming must have become very rich and powerful, as for Zhengde, the incompetent emperor, the most suitable thing is to go to war on horseback, so it is better to pass the throne to His Royal Highness King Zhao as soon as possible.

At the beginning, the above rumors were only spread in a small area among the people, but as time went by, even officialdom and Shilin began to have these remarks, which was very unfavorable to Zhou Chong, after all, he was just a courtier no matter what he said, and now his reputation has surpassed Zhengde, and there are such disobedient rumors flowing out, if Zhengde is suspicious in his heart, it is likely to lead to the tragedy of fratricide.

But fortunately, Zhengde is very emotional, especially for his dearest brother, he almost unconditionally believes, when he heard these rumors in Liaodong, he just laughed and didn't take it to heart, and even Jiang Bin once mentioned this matter in front of Zhengde, but was reprimanded by Zhengde, because he believed that his brother was not that kind of person.

It is precisely because of Zhengde's trust that Zhou Zhong can gain a firm foothold in the court, and at the same time he can also carry out a series of reforms to the Ming Dynasty, although these reforms have encountered a lot of resistance, and even many people deliberately provoke the brotherhood of Zhou Zhong and Zhengde, but they have not succeeded.

However, as the so-called impermanence of the world, Zhengde never expected that King Ning, who was deeply respected by him some time ago, suddenly rebelled, which made Zhengde emotionally devastated, and what Zhengde didn't expect was that after he had just quelled King Ning's rebellion, he inadvertently broke the adultery between Jiang Bin and Liu Liangnu, one of these two was his most trusted courtier, and the other was his favorite woman, but they both betrayed themselves, which made Zhengde feel that his whole world had collapsed.

Zhengde was emotionally hit twice in a row, which made Zhengde begin to doubt everything around him, even Zhou Chong began to doubt, those rumors that he didn't care about before, suddenly felt harsh in an instant, although intellectually he felt that Zhou Chong would not betray himself, but in his heart he still couldn't fully believe in Zhou Chong, not to mention that now Zhou Chong controls the power of the imperial court, and established the navy of the Ming Dynasty, it can be said that if Zhou Chong launches a rebellion, he can definitely remove Zhengzhong from the throne.

Zhengde knew that it was wrong for him to doubt his own brother so much, but he still couldn't control himself because of his emotional trauma, so in this case, he decided to give up the military power in his hands and completely hand over the entire Ming Dynasty to Zhou Chong, and he only needed to control his army, and then do what he wanted to do, so that it would not hinder Zhou Chong from exerting his hands and feet in the court, and Zhou Chong would have no reason to deal with him.

For Zhengde's thoughts, Zhou Zhong actually guessed it, but he didn't know how to persuade Zhengde, after all, after the other party experienced several betrayals, he couldn't withstand another betrayal, so Zhengde chose to stay away from the political core of the Ming Dynasty and hand over all the power to him.

Of course Zhou Chong will not betray Zhengde, he also has no ambition for the throne, not to mention that Zhengde can't have children, and this throne will definitely be his son's in the future, so Zhou Chong has no reason to betray Zhengde at all, and even he should be the one who is most worried about Zhengde's safety, because if Zhengde has an accident, others are likely to suspect his head, Zhou Chong is not a person who likes to carry the black cauldron.

Thinking of the reason for Zhengde's departure, Zhou Chong, who was standing in Tianjin Port, couldn't help but sigh, although he didn't like the royal atmosphere, he always felt that there was less human touch in the palace, but in his position, he had no other choice, his son would definitely take over the throne of Daming in the future, in this case, then he could only build Daming stronger, even if there were mediocre people among his children and grandchildren, it could also give Daming the confidence to last for a while.

A few months later, after a period of preparation, Zhengde arrived at the fishing sea, and was about to launch the final war of destruction against the Tatars, when a shocking news came, the little prince of Tatar finally couldn't hold on after lying in the hospital bed for several months, and died in his sweat tent a few days ago, and his sons fought for the throne of the Khan, and the Tatar Khanate split into several forces in the blink of an eye, fighting with each other.

The same is true of the succession of the Khan of the steppe, whenever a Khan King dies, several of his heirs will fight for the Khan throne, which may also be the tradition of the steppe people, only the last person who wins is qualified to sit in the position of the Great Khan. However, such battles are often difficult to distinguish winners and losers in a short period of time, and may even divide the steppe for hundreds of years, but every time a talented steppe leader unifies the steppe, it will pose a huge threat to the Central Plains Dynasty in the south, such as the Turks, Mongolia and other countries, are the products of this division and unification.

However, the death of the little prince of Tatar at this critical moment, for the Ming Dynasty, it was a golden opportunity, so in this case, Zhengde increased his troops again, a move of 150,000 troops, from the fishing sea and Xuanfu, Ningxia three directions to attack the grassland, at the same time the Ming Dynasty is also recruiting the tribes of the grassland, as long as they are willing to submit to the Ming tribes, they can be protected by the Ming Dynasty, and they can also give priority to trading with the Ming court.

It can be said that this attack on Tatar is not only conquered by force, but also in the use of economy and culture to invade the grassland, after the previous years of trading, the various tribes of the steppe have close trade relations with the Ming, and the goods of the Ming have also entered all corners of the grassland, in this case, the relationship between those tribes and the Ming has also improved, plus now the Ming is strong, the tribes of the grassland can not resist at all, so in this case, surrender has become the wisest choice for those tribes.

It is also in this case, when the three-way Ming army entered the grassland, the first half of the month almost did not encounter any resistance, these tribes are the closest to the Ming Dynasty, and the relationship with the Ming Dynasty is also the closest, they are also the fastest to surrender in the face of the Ming army, and even the army in Ningxia had to slow down the march in order to incorporate these surrendered tribes.

When they entered the hinterland of the grassland, the three-way Ming army finally encountered some resistance, especially the sons of the little prince of Tatar, although they fought endlessly, but also knew that if they did not unite now, they could only perish together, but unfortunately it has become a fact that there is a division between them, even if they unite again, they can not fully trust each other at all, under the involvement of all forces, the army can not play its due combat power at all, and several battles with the Ming army in the early stage, were defeated, Even one of the sons of the little Tatar prince was killed on the battlefield, and the Ming army's three-way army began to converge on the heart of the Tatars, Mount Kent, if the Ming occupied here, then the Tatar Khanate would be destroyed. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sorry, yesterday the old fish wrote a new writing brain pumped, and I forgot to upload it, this is yesterday, and there is a chapter tonight.