Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 467 The war resumes: Zhang Juzheng fights against the world ()

Emperor Longqing still doesn't understand why his father died?
Logically speaking, his father will not die.

His father Jiajing was different from his grandfather Zhengde. Zhu Houying was punished to death because he touched everyone's interests.

Jiajing was quite well-behaved and even ceded some of its benefits to the courtiers.

How could he follow in his father's footsteps?
To be precise, Jiajing did okay, but his son did not know what drugs Jiajing was researching.

Jiajing is researching anti-human drugs, which are said to be psychotropic drugs. No one knows what he is secretly studying for this drug.

Anyway, what we can know is that Zhu Houying's death left a great psychological shadow on Jiajing. He has been secretly doing chemical research these years.

The treasure house that Emperor Shizu used to store his money was turned into a laboratory.

He had been researching it secretly for several years. He heard that it had reached the experimental stage and was discovered by foreign countries.

That's why he was injected with a special drug (the one in the previous chapter was deleted, it's a magical drug that is used by middle-aged and elderly people, just think about it).

But Jiajing was lucky and didn't die for the first time.

This time he went completely crazy. While intensifying research, he also injected officials in North Korea and China, which led to the second injection of drugs.

Jiajing died.

Emperor Longqing didn't know this, he was just paralyzed by fear.

Yan Song's son, Yan Shifan, was injected with that kind of psychotropic drug. Yan Shifan was fine, but he became Jiajing's close friend. The two of them often discussed secretly in the Yangxin Palace.

Jiajing's death and Yan Song's liquidation were related to Yan Shifan.

Xu Jie believed that Yan Shifan was an accomplice of Jiajing's drug research, so Yan Shifan was counterattacked.

When Xu Jie left Beijing, he never thought that Zhang Juzheng would be the one to benefit in the end.

What's interesting is that Xu Jie and Gao Gong went together and left the capital together.

Since Yongle, there was no precedent for killing officials in the Ming Dynasty. Failure in political struggle would result in loss of office at most, pensions would be paid as usual, and the family would be in need of protection. During holidays and festivals, rewards from the court would be sent as usual.

Those whose pensions are suspended are usually those who have been sentenced. Otherwise, they should receive their pensions, be given honorary titles, and be given posthumously as usual.

People like Xu Jie and Gao Gong were actually dismissed, but on the surface they were favored. They were given titles and went home to retire.

If there is a shortage of people in the court, or they seek a comeback, or their political opponents fall, they can enter the court again and serve as officials.

As long as they live long enough to survive Long Qing, the next emperor will definitely use them.

Zhang Juzheng is in the position of first assistant, which is when he is full of ambition.

Various vassal states declared war on the Ming Dynasty.

Why is Zhang Juzheng Zhang Juzheng? No matter which historical dynasty he is in, he will definitely be the most shining star in the world.

Emperor Longqing retreated behind the scenes, and Zhang Juzheng took full power.

The Ming Dynasty suddenly changed from an emperor system to a responsible cabinet system.

Mainly because Emperor Longqing was timid and afraid of death, he did not dare to be in the front desk. Zhang Juzheng began to have full control over major affairs in the court.

Folks say they don't know whether Zhang Juzheng is the emperor or Emperor Longqing is the emperor.

Zhang Juzheng had no time to care about the rumors among the people.

He is organizing military equipment and launching a counterattack.

This world war is actually a continuation of the last world war. This time the countries are more fully prepared. Each continent elects a leader to form the Z5 Anti-Ming Alliance (the initial letter of the continent).

All the vassal states in the world participated and participated in the Ming Dynasty.

It was as if they were attacking the unjust and violent Qin Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty didn't know where they offended them. Being too powerful was the original sin.

However, the world underestimated Zhang Juzheng.

In the fourth year of Longqing's reign, Hu Zongxian was appointed as the coach and Qi Jiguang was appointed as the deputy coach. They won the naval battle in Bengal and regained control of India. In the sixth year of Longqing's reign, Zhang Juzheng personally led the troops and blocked the Shang and Sui coalition forces from Khuzhan, Tianshan Province.

In the seventh year of Longqing's reign, Tokyo fell. In the second year, Japanese Provincial Chief Secretary Xu Guangqi cleverly recaptured the city of Tokyo.

In the eighth year of Longqing's reign, Qi Jiguang led his troops to conquer the State of Yu, completely occupying the Strait of Malacca and completely blocking the Strait to keep out enemies.

In the 10th year of Longqing's reign, in the Battle of Tokyo, Qi Jiguang defeated Zhou Yan's coalition forces, and the Japanese waters were again controlled by the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng appointed Xu Guangqi as governor of Japan, assuming military and political power to defend against foreign enemies.

In the 11th year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang was defeated in the Battle of Sulawei Sea. Luzon and Borneo were in danger. In the 12th year of Longqing, Luzon fell.

The State of Shen announced that Luzon would be annexed to the State of Shen.

However, in the same year, Hu Zongxian supported Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang recovered Luzon and destroyed Shen State, and the entire Ming Dynasty occupied Shen State.

In the thirteenth year of Longqing's reign, there was civil strife in Borneo, and rebels declared independence.

Zhang Juzheng sent Yu Dayou to Borneo to quell the rebellion and wipe out the rebels.

In the imperial court, a soldier named Li Chengliang was awarded the title of earl based on military merit, and he also came into Zhang Juzheng's sight.

He made an exception and appointed Li Chengliang, who was only sixteen years old, as governor of Shen State and resisted enemies from Oceania.

The Second World War has been going on for nine years, and the accumulated resources of each vassal state have been almost exhausted. However, the Ming Dynasty has not been damaged. Instead, it has been usurped into two vassal states by the Ming Dynasty.

But the Z5 Alliance hopes that Ming Dynasty will annex more territory.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty has become the target of public criticism is because it is too big. The bigger it is, the worse it is. The worse it is, the more useless it is. Such a huge land as the Ming Dynasty requires 400 million standing troops to defend it.

Now that two more provinces have been added, the required military strength has doubled.

The world also saw Zhang Juzheng for the first time.

It was this man who saved the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the major vassal states were very well prepared for the Second World War, but the Ming Dynasty's visible decline was one of ebb and flow. The vassal states in the world united together will definitely be stronger than the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Jiajing was fooling around, and in the end he became a human being and a ghost, and his death was met with fierce public opinion.

This gave the vassal states of the world an opportunity to take advantage of.

The new-level Emperor Longqing was a coward. He didn't even dare to ask for the imperial power. He hid in the palace all day and asked Zhang Juzheng about everything.

I thought that the Ming Dynasty had really declined.

Something shocking happened. This Zhang Juzheng was so strong that he was abnormal.

In nine years, the Ming Dynasty only lost three provinces and experienced turmoil in seven provinces. In the end, it actually expanded the territory of two provinces and destroyed two vassal states.

There were hundreds of wars, large and small, and the Ming Dynasty at least won more than it lost.

The key point is that the famous generals he discovered are terrible, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, and recently Li Chengliang appeared.

Especially Qi Jiguang, the more he fights, the stronger he gets, and his cheating has been upgraded.

The Ming Dynasty recruited a total of 1100 million troops and endured it for nine years. The Ming Dynasty's foundation was not completely exhausted, which shows how terrifying it is.

Zhang Juzheng was fighting the war while managing the empire's finances.

The Ming Dynasty's economy has been improving in these nine years, and there are even voices among the people supporting Zhang Juzheng's ascension to the throne and proclaiming himself emperor.

Of course, it’s better not to say such treacherous words.

It is possible to abolish the imperial system and replace it with a responsible cabinet system.

　Please forgive me that the chapters are too small and the updates are not timely. I have been rushing so hard these days to rush out manuscripts and new books. My head hurts today, and it has been hurting all night.

　　The book is expected to be finished on May 5th. Please forgive me for not updating in time in the last few days. I am not sure how many words there are in the end. I will try my best to finish the final content. I am really sorry that it is only the last few days and I keep everyone waiting. , sorry, please forgive me for my last indulgence
　　
　
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