The northern part of the Ming Empire, the imperial capital, the city of Beijing. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because the Mengyuan once existed as a unified empire, even if it was expelled from the Central Plains by the Ming Dynasty and lost the right to rule the Han land, there has always been a deep hostility towards the Ming Dynasty and the idea of trying to enter the Central Plains again, which makes the name of the Yuan completely lose its meaning, and the new tribes that have been divided by the remnants have been hostile to the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming Dynasty has never been able to completely attack and rule the grassland tribes like the Tang Dynasty, even if it is only within a certain period of time.

Wara in the Yingzong period, the little prince in the Wuzong period, and the Jiajing period are the successors of the remnants of the Mengyuan forces on the grassland, and they are also as hostile to the Ming as ever, so that the Ming Dynasty can not divide and disintegrate the grassland tribes like the Tang Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness of the Ming army declined sharply in the Xuanzong and Yingzong periods, and the Ming Dynasty has been unable to guarantee the blow to Mongolia as Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di periods, so that Mongolia does not dare to invade the border.

In the Jiajing period, the defense of the nine borders of the Ming Dynasty was slack, and the so-called powerful elite army was also relative to the long-term peace of the guards in the interior, and the Ming cavalry, which had been unable to maintain equal combat effectiveness with the cavalry of various Mongolian tribes, gradually lost the suppression advantage of the Mongols, making the advantages established by the Ming Dynasty in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di disappear, and the Mongolian cavalry once again achieved the advantage of fighting against the Han people.

This seems to be a very terrible reincarnation, after a hundred years of suppression and blows, the Ming Empire gradually lost this powerful suppression, a large number of elite soldiers and officers and generals died in battle, the combat effectiveness of the Ming army declined sharply, and it was completely unable to maintain the strength of Zhu Di's era, Zhu Yuanzhang's army and team to fight the world were destroyed by himself, and Zhu Di's strong army in the north did not lose to Zhu Yuanzhang's original team in strength, plus Zhu Di did not kill heroes like Zhu Yuanzhang, so that the Ming army during the Zhu Di period still maintained strong combat effectiveness.

The Renxuan era was short, eleven years before and after, Zhu Di's team could still be maintained, and in the Yingzong era, the Tumubao change destroyed the team left by Zhu Di, and the Ming army was almost on the verge of collapse ushered in the reconstruction, but this reconstruction, accompanied by the complete loss of power of the military aristocratic military generals in the Zhu Di era, let the civilian officials control the army and suppress the generals, and the decline in the status of the military made this reconstruction of little significance.

Zhu Di impassionedly shouted the slogan of the Son of Heaven guarding the country, after Renxuan, but caused the emperors of later generations to feel uneasy, the nine sides were relaxed, unable to resist the southward movement of the Mongolian cavalry, the power of the Ming army was compressed within the Great Wall, and Beijing is too close to the Great Wall, once the Mongolian cavalry broke through a defensive line, it was enough to come to the city of Beijing, the dignified imperial capital, always facing the threat of the cavalry of the northern steppe, it was really too unusual.

Zhu Di's original intention is probably to let future generations maintain a crisis psychology at all times, and not slack off to weaken the country, but facts have proved that even if the crisis is imminent and imminent, it will continue to weaken, and those who should fight for power and profit will continue to fight for power, and the throne will be passed on to the generation of Emperor Jiajing, and the huge Ming Empire has shown fatigue everywhere.

Even if Emperor Jiajing hid in the Xiyuan Dao Palace and practiced the art of immortality, but as the most shrewd and powerful emperor after Zhu Di, his understanding and mastery of the entire empire was by no means "not in the court, not in political affairs, and let traitors do it" in people's concepts.

Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne at the age of fifteen, and now, he is exactly forty years old, it is a period when a man has reached the peak of his body and energy, the so-called prime of life, is in the prime of life, although his cultivation is unreliable, perennial consumption of metal, but there is still a considerable part of the pill is used to strengthen the body, plus Emperor Jiajing self-proclaimed pure heart and few desires, living in Xiyuan after rarely close to women, and rarely drinking, which makes Emperor Jiajing's body under the destruction of heavy metal pills, strangely maintain balance.

It is precisely in this way that Emperor Jiajing was able to maintain enough energy, while carefully serving the heavens and Sanqing, while staring at the ministers who kept the country running for him.

He firmly believes that if he has mastered the employment of people and finance, and grasps the power of personnel and finance, then the country will not be able to get out of his control, and he has destroyed the hegemonic group of Yang Tinghe and others with the Great Rites Discussion, and established a transcendent position and supreme power, so that even if he does not live in the imperial city, he can still control all aspects of this empire, and any major decision, even the highly respected Shoufu Xia Yan, cannot bypass him and decide.

Don't look at the green smoke in this Xiyuan Dao Palace, the emperor who lives in it doesn't ask about political affairs, in fact, if there are courtiers who have a little bit of wind and grass and different hearts, the blow of His Majesty Daojun will come like a storm, so that you don't even have time to breathe, this point, Yan Song is deeply touched.

As early as before and after Xia Yan's first resignation, Yan Song used superb power techniques, thinking that he had figured out the strange psychology of Emperor Jiajing, so as to use this psychology to defeat Xia Yan and become the first assistant of the cabinet, but after that, Yan Song did not have Xia Yan's ability to govern the country, but he far surpassed Xia Yan in ambition, which made him complain, but he looked at the green smoke of Xiyuan every day, and really had such an outrageous idea as "this empire is in my hands......

Subsequently, Yan Song was called to Xiyuan by Emperor Jiajing, and from behind the screen behind Emperor Jiajing, he walked out of the Xia Yan who made him feel frightened - Emperor Jiajing secretly invited Xia Yan back to the palace, and easily dismissed Yan Song from the position of the first assistant for a short time, and re-gave it to Xia Yan.

But since then, Yan Song has had a deep sense of fear for the Jiajing Emperor who stays in the green smoke all day long, serving him more carefully, speculating more carefully about his psychology, thinking about his thoughts, telling him to test the medicine, telling him to jump the great god, he will dance the great god, and finally regain the share of the holy family that once belonged to him, at the same time, Yan Song learned a lesson, not only studied the art of power, but also began to study the art of governing the country, carefully watching how Xia Yan handled government affairs and arranged personnel, Keep it in your heart and be your own.

And in the aspect that he really can't be proficient in, he finds another way, looks for a professional proficient official, and woos him as the second assistant of the cabinet, takes it for his own use, and makes up for his own shortcomings, gradually, Yan Song not only has a higher level in the art of power and strategy, but also makes great progress in real practical technology, he believes that even if he takes the position of first assistant now, he is confident that he will do no worse than Xia Yan.

He knew very well when he had become so strict that he would wake up from a nightmare when he even dreamed back at midnight, and he had doubts, but he knew that from the moment he longed for the position of first assistant, he had given up his life to become a demon, maybe those friends in the past, those like-minded people would despise him, be hostile to him, and denounce himself for not being a son of man, but so what? I am the first assistant, I have the highest power of the people, and I can show my ambitions!

Even occasionally, he would dream that he would return to his former home, go on a tour with three or two friends, recite poems, and discuss academics, but that unbearable memory has severed all ties with his past, and even if he wants to go back, he can't go back.

Friends, no one will judge two people for no reason, but once they are judged, they can never go back, that is my secret, it is your mystery, I will bury it deep in my heart, we will say goodbye forever...... After straightening his clothes and standing behind Shoufu Xia Yan, Yan Song waited for the summons of the supreme ruler of the empire in the Dao Palace.

In the night of September, Beijing can already feel a trace of coolness, even if the elderly Yan Song is wearing very thick clothes, he can't completely isolate this coolness, he looked at Xia Yan, who is older than him, this old man is standing on the ground, his body is straight, just like his personality and his beliefs, he would rather bend than bend.

This used to be Yan Song's motto and his dream, but as a thousand-year-old demon evaluated by later generations, the only thing Yan Song is the same as the big guy, he must have tasted what it was like to have a broken dream.

Xia Yan must have never tasted it, this lucky old man, that's why he can stand in front of him so strongly, but why! A wave of anger surged in Yan Song's heart, and it was this anger that prompted Yan Song to continue to deepen his hatred for the old man in front of him, why are you smooth sailing and have a good reputation all over the world, but I am notorious, and I have to kneel down in front of you and pretend to be a grandson! Why!

The unprovoked anger made Yan Song's body hot, driving away the last trace of coolness, and at this moment, a big eunuch in a brocade robe walked towards them quickly.

That was Emperor Jiajing's most trusted eunuch Huang Jin, and he was also one of the most powerful eunuchs in the inner palace, there was no official who didn't want to have a good relationship with Huang Jin, Yan Song was naturally among them, but Xia Yan was not among them.

Therefore, Huang Jin never dared to speak loudly in front of the stubborn old man, never dared to speak falsely, for fear of angering the old man and letting him lose points in front of the master.

"Elder Xia Ge, the master has finished meditating, you can go in, please, Elder Yan Ge, please too." Huang Jin said so respectfully, Xia Yan bowed slightly, "En", and walked forward directly, while Yan Song bent down and said with a smile: "Thank you Gonggong Huang." Then he walked forward.