A hundred years ago, Hongwu Taizu and Yongle Emperor did not know how many times the imperial driver had personally conquered, and the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and Mongolia were beaten back and forth, almost like a lost dog, the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty was comparable to the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties for a while, and countless barbarian neighbors around the country came to the court, respecting the Ming Dynasty as the suzerain, and most of these achievements were fought by Taizu and the Yongle Emperor himself.

However, today's ministers are so opposed to Zhu Houzhao's personal expedition, naturally there is a reason, Taizu and Emperor Yongle can do this, but you Emperor Zhengde cannot.

It's just because decades ago, there was an unreliable emperor in the Zhu family's royal family, Yingzong.

This emperor is actually a very elegant and personable emperor with excellent eloquence, he has read a lot of books, and has done a lot of practical things, so it stands to reason that he should not be regarded as a negative teaching material by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, but it is a pity that the blood flowing in the bones of Emperor Yingzong is too fanatical and unrestrained, and he trusts the people around him too much, and once he trusts, he digs out his heart and lungs, just like when Zhu Houzhao favored Liu Jin.

The person who was favored by Yingzong was surnamed Wang, named Zhen, and was regarded as Liu Jin's old-timer, Liu Jin had a series of bad problems such as messing with power, killing Zhongliang, collecting money and asking for bribes, etc., all inherited from Wang Zhen.

The power is great, people naturally have ideals and pursuits, although the group of eunuchs is incomplete, but they are still disabled and strong, which is quite inspirational, Wang Zhen, who is in power, wants to do something big, so that he can be like Zheng and Zheng Gonggong for eternity.

So Wang Zhen bewitched Yingzong like a pyramid scheme swindler developing downline, and advocated that Yingzong follow the example of Hongwu and Emperor Yongle to drive the expedition in person, and set up a great cause that surpassed his ancestors.

Under the elegant and quiet appearance of Yingzong, there is a soul of great joy. The two hit it off, so they sent 500,000 troops to the north, and the momentum was out of the customs to fight with Warat.

The result of the most lull is known to the world, 500,000 soldiers were defeated, countless famous generals of the Ming Dynasty were killed, and even Yingzong was captured alive, this battle left the most shameful page of the Ming Dynasty in the history books.

Tumuzhi became a pain in the hearts of the Ming Emperor and civil officials, which is also the biggest reason why today's ministers unanimously oppose Zhu Houzhao's personal expedition.

Zhu Houzhao's heart was full of helplessness, there was no way, he was such an uncompetitive grandfather. Even Zhu Houzhao himself couldn't help but want to scold him for being a "faint gentleman".

Fortunately, Zhu Houzhao felt that he was stronger than Yingzong. The strength is that he has a loyal servant who can share his worries.

After Qin Kan said the reason for the emperor's personal expedition, no one in the hall said anything.

Qin Kan's words are not easy to refute, because he has brought out both Taizu and Emperor Yongle, and the integrity of the Son of Heaven guarding the country, which the civil officials talk about every day, has also been raised. even said very bluntly that today's majesty is not a milk baby...... These words can be described as trapping everywhere. Civil officials have fought in the court all their lives. How can you not hear it?

The hall was silent, and no one was willing to come out to debate with Qin Kan at this time, and the right capital Yushi Tu Tu was so angry that he brushed his sleeves and retreated to the court. Put on a haughty face of "I'm too lazy to quarrel with you".

Zhu Houzhao saw that Qin Kan's words had the upper hand, how could he not understand the truth of striking while the iron was hot?

So taking advantage of the silence in the hall, Zhu Houzhao stood up and said loudly: "Rebelling against the king and rebelling, the lives are ruined, I am driving the rebellion to boost the morale of the rebel soldiers, and urge the military generals and officials below to quickly quell the rebellion, so that the people and souls will not suffer a few days of war, and the people of the world will be separated from a few wives and deaths. Where is the mediocrity? Let Zhen'an sit firmly in Beijing and enjoy the brocade clothes and jade food, and see the crying and screaming of the people of Jiangxi who have been so miserable as nothing, what qualifications does such an emperor have to sit in the world? ”

Qin Kan stood up again to make up for the knife: "Your Majesty's departure from Beijing, not only for the purpose of the imperial conquest, but also to look at the customs and customs of the road from Beijing to Jiangxi, to assess the customs of government officials in various places in the people, to understand the people's suffering, and to improve people's livelihood in the future, my country dares to ask my colleagues, what is your mind when you are so fierce and eager to stop Your Majesty from going out of Beijing to inspect?" Is it just to gag your mouths and prevent your majesty from leaving Beijing? Is there anything in the place that must be covered with a lid so that His Majesty can't see it? ”

These words can be described as extremely heart-wrenching, and the faces of the ministers in the palace are becoming more and more ugly one by one.

Which of the Beijing officials does not receive gifts? Every year, local officials go to Beijing to report on their work, as a rule, they always have to visit the officials of the six departments and nine Qing of the Beijing Division, and in the middle of the night, I don't know how many gold, silver, and beautiful maids enter the mansions of the officials, which has become a common practice for the officials in Beijing, and it is not strange to see it, including Li Dongyang and Liang Chu, two cabinet scholars, also laughed at the same amount of money, Yang Tinghe was even bolder, and he even dared to accept the gift of the vassal king.

As soon as Qin Kan said this, all the ministers were empty-hearted, and everyone was silent with an iron-blue face.

Zhu Houzhao and Qin Kan cooperated very tacitly today, and when he saw Qin Kan asking, Zhu Houzhao immediately sneered: "Qin Kan is right, what kind of thoughts did you have in preventing me from leaving Beijing?" How many unsightly things are hidden in my splendid world? It doesn't matter if you don't say it, I'll ask the factory guard to check it carefully, and if you find out, you will wait to be ruined! ”

Although Zhu Houzhao was lying and threatening, a layer of cold sweat still appeared on the foreheads of the ministers in the palace, and no one opened his mouth to stop Zhu Houzhao from driving the expedition in person, flaunting the integrity of loyal ministers is important, but it can't be joked with his own net worth.

In the awkward atmosphere of silent confrontation, Yang Tinghe finally stood up, looked around, and then bowed down and said: "Your Majesty is the royal driver, and the ministers have no objections." ”

Li Dongyang also chimed in.

Seeing that the two cabinet scholars had no opinions, the morale became more and more low, and after looking at each other, everyone gritted their teeth and reluctantly agreed.

The dispute between the monarchs and ministers of the Zhengde Dynasty is unknown, and today Zhu Houzhao actually achieved a very rare victory, Zhu Houzhao's face was majestic, but the extreme surprise in his eyes could not be concealed, and even his cheeks twitched slightly with excitement.

Qin Kan stood in the hall and silently looked at Zhu Houzhao's appearance, and sighed secretly.

He dared to bet a hundred taels of silver. The first thing this little faint monarch did after returning to the leopard room was to roll his heels all over the ground.

"After noon, a decree was sent to the cabinet, ordering the Ministry of Rites to draft a document to fight against the rebellion, the Ministry of War to mobilize generals, and the Ministry of Household to prepare food and wages, and when the rebel king rebelled, all the ministers and workers performed their duties, and did not slack off.

Zhu Houzhao's voice was very gentle. But Qin Kan still heard a trace of irrepressible excitement.

Just shout long live in the Qunchen Mountain. When he was about to disperse, Zhu Houzhao suddenly said loudly: "Slow! ”

The ministers didn't know why, and they all looked at him.

Zhu Houzhao smiled, and slowly rolled up the wide and bloated sleeves of Tuanlong's yellow robe. Under the silent gaze of the ministers. The sleeves of the robe were rolled up to the elbows by Zhu Houzhao. A snow-white and clean arm is exposed.

The arm was slowly raised, and the movement was very slow, as slow as years......

Slowly. Slowly, the arm was raised to the level of sight and still, in the bewildered gaze of the ministers, the snow-white hand grasped the fist and stretched out, the most rearly palm suddenly flipped, and a white and slender middle finger showed out fiercely towards the ministers, like standing out from the crowd, like being independent, so arrogant......

Hundreds of suspicious ministers in the hall were frightened by this sudden middle finger and staggered back in unison. And Qin Kan covered his face and sighed, silently hanging his head in shame.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, what does this middle finger mean? Tu Yan asked in disbelief.

"The Fanbang etiquette I just learned, the meaning of blessing you, is very connotative......"

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The imperial conquest was a foregone conclusion, and the various departments and yamen of the Beijing Division began to get busy.

Jinyiwei, East Factory, West Factory's Ti Cavalry rode out of Beijing one after another on fast horses to arrange, the Ministry of War transfer official documents were sent by fast horses one after another to North Zhili, South Zhili and Huguang, Fujian, Zhejiang, Baoguo Gong Zhu Hui several times gathered the 12 regiments and battalions of the Beijing Division, selected good martial arts and capable warriors, as the Son of Heaven to drive the army, the grain and grass ordnance of the household department was also transported out of the city by the people in batches, transported to the assembly place of the army outside the Beijing Division......

The entire Jingshi was busy because of Zhu Houzhao's words, but at this time, Jiangxi was becoming more and more chaotic due to the rebellion of King Ning, and the imperial court's war situation in Jiangxi was gradually inferior.

On the twenty-ninth day of June, when the Beijing division was still preparing for Zhu Houzhao's personal expedition, Zhu Chenhao's rebel army had captured Ji'an Mansion, and Wu Wending, the prefect of Ji'an, saw that the city was about to be broken, and organized the people and defenders in the city to evacuate from the east gate at night, and Ji'an almost became an empty city, and the rebels climbed to the head of Ji'an Mansion.

The city was helpless, Wu Wending governed the army with iron-blooded means, but the officers and soldiers defending the city were too poor after all, plus Zhu Chenhao had secretly bought everywhere over the years, and all kinds of firearms that had been hoarded for many years exerted great power, how could the steel knives and even hoes and claw rakes in the hands of the soldiers defending the city be able to withstand the overwhelming fierce artillery fire?

Wu Wending gave up Ji'an City in tears, and reluctantly led the people and the remnants of the officers and soldiers to evacuate in the direction of Jiujiang Mansion.

The Ningwang rebels who occupied Ji'an Mansion can be described as imposing, when even if they looted in the city, although they knew the truth of the speed of the soldiers, but the rebels entered the city like a beast that lost their minds, even Zhu Chenhao did not dare to violate the will of the army at will, for fear of causing a mutiny, so he had to acquiesce to the rebels looting in the city for five days, until the entire Ji'an Mansion City even a cooking iron pot was scavenged clean, Zhu Chenhao then ordered to continue to enter Jiujiang Mansion north.

The three lines of defense expected by the imperial court, Ji'an, Jiujiang, and Anqing, the first line of defense Ji'an has been broken, and the situation is becoming more and more critical, and everyone's eyes in the world are focused on Jiujiang Mansion, and on Wang Shouren, the governor of Tingjiang who is raunchy but full of poetry and books.

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The Son of Heaven can not go like Tang Yin, many ceremonies and ceremonies are very cumbersome, according to the etiquette system, Zhu Houzhao even has to go to the temple to fast for three days, to tell the ancestors and ancestors, but the military situation is urgent, this article in Zhu Houzhao's strong opposition, the ministers had to give up.

The Ningguo Mansion was in a hurry, the two wives and concubines of the Qin family stood in the front hall and pointed fingers at the maid, it was not a trivial matter for the grandfather to go on the expedition with the holy car, and the things that the grandfather of the ordinary family was used to casually, even the purple sand teapot that Qin Kan often carried in his hand, the flower carvings that he liked to drink, and the exquisite pastries that the grandfather ate two more bites when he was idle on weekdays, as well as clothes of various colors and seasons, etc., all sorted out and moved into the carriage.

In the huge Guogong Mansion, the busy atmosphere is filled with a faint sorrow, which makes people feel extremely melancholy.

Qin Kan didn't care how many things Du Yan and Jin Liu moved for him, he sat in the inner courtyard with his daughter Qin Le in his arms, a fragrant chicken leg was placed on the table, Qin Kan carefully tore off a trace of soft chicken from the chicken leg and carefully fed it into Qin Le's mouth, Qin Le, who only had a few baby teeth, chewed the chicken in his mouth a few times and swallowed it, his delicate and pink little face showed a satisfied smile, and the meaty little finger pointed to the chicken leg, muttering a language that no one could understand in his mouth.

Qin Kan was very happy, tore off a trace of chicken again, held it in his hand and dangled it: "Good girl, open your mouth and let Dad see how many teeth you have, Zhang will feed you once, come and ......"

The old man Du Hong sat opposite Qin Kan in civilian clothes, watching Qin Kan teasing his daughter, and couldn't help but sigh: "What a good little girl, falling into your hands is like feeding a dog, are you such a father?" ”

Qin Kan handed Qin Le to Du Hong and said with a smile: "Although it is not born to Yan'er, after all, it is also your son-in-law's own flesh and blood, and the father-in-law hugs him, which is very cute......"

Du Hong hurriedly hugged Qin Le, looking cautiously as if he had received a hot potato in his hand, and gently teased Qin Le's small chin, causing Qin Le to giggle, Du Hong's old face, which struggled to maintain his majesty, gradually melted, and the lines on his face softened a lot.

"You are a strange son, the head of another big eunuch family has a daughter who dislikes it like something, but you treat her as a treasure in the palm of your hand, and you can't wait to hold her in your mouth all the time......" Du Hongruo glanced at Qin Kan meaningfully, and said: "In the future, if Yan'er gives birth to a daughter, you can ask for a bowl of water to be flat, don't let Yan'er and her daughter be wronged, otherwise the old man will not give up with you......"

Qin Kan smiled confidently and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry, when Yan'er was born, my father-in-law didn't dislike her and threw her into the well, how can my son-in-law be more inhuman than you?" ”

Du Hong held his forehead and sighed: "The old man still won't talk to you about family affairs, otherwise the old man is afraid that he will not be able to help beating you to death...... The old man asks you, Your Majesty's insistence on driving the expedition in person was instigated by you behind your back, right? ”

"Father-in-law doesn't approve of the Son of Heaven's personal conquest?"

"Nonsense! The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not agree, how could it be that the old man? ”

Kindly pointing to the door, Qin Kan smiled and said: "Turn left when you go out of the gate, a straight road into Jingshi, there is a carved dragon jade pillar by the side of Chengtianmen Square......

"What do you mean?"

"Bang it with your head! After a few more bumps, maybe Your Majesty will change your mind......"

Du Hong's hand trembled slightly, and after a long time, he sighed: "...... Let's talk about family matters. (To be continued......)