Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 617: The Ming army defected and counterattacked its allies, and talked about official reforms and restrictions.

Li Chengyu's [-] elite heavy infantry were exhausted. Dong Shan and Li Manzhu took the remaining [-] Jurchen warriors and fled along the original route to Xianjing Road.

After finally running through Gushan, they were about to escape into Anbian City. Not long after Dong Shan and Li Manzhu were happy, the ambush came out again.

Dong Shan and Li Manzhu were shocked and angry: "What an ambush? Where did the ambush come from?"

It’s no wonder that the two of them were shocked and angry. Normal people would never have imagined that the Ming army just refused to take the opportunity to attack North Korea, but actually wanted to kill friendly troops to perform meritorious deeds.

But the Ming army didn't think so. For the Ming army, the head of a Jurchen was also a military merit.

Moreover, Dong Shan and Li Manzhu were unlucky because the Ming army that entered the DPRK had been conquering the south for many years and was extremely good at mountain warfare.After the two men hid in Tibet for three days with the defeated soldiers, they finally stumbled and were captured.

After the defeat of Dongshan, Yi Chengyu's tribe jumped eastward into the mountains, intending to reach Anbyon via Paju and Cheorwon, and then quickly return to Hamgyeong Province.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army waited at Anbian, waiting for work, and easily defeated Li Chengyu's troops.

After five days of struggling and escaping, Li Chengyu was also captured.

Next, the Ming army and North Korea began to redeploy.

The line from Pyongyang and Anbian to the north belongs to the Ming army.

To the south, the new Korean king Yi Ao occupied the Gyeonggi area, and King Geumseong and King Anping occupied Gyeongsang Province and Jeolla Province.

Li Yao's Kaicheng Army was unable to fight anymore and could only intensify its rest and recuperation while building fortifications and consolidating its defense lines.

The Korean War entered a brief stalemate stage.

On the sixth day of August, the battle report of the Ming army was sent back to Beijing.

When he got up early in the morning, Zhu Qiyu held Linglong in his arms, sucking milk while listening to Qianxue reading the military report.

After hearing Jiang Yuan and Fang Ying's strange operations, Zhu Qiyu couldn't take a breath and choked on the milk. He lay on the couch and coughed continuously.

Several beloved concubines gathered together and gave him a slap, and it took Zhu Qiyu a long time to recover.

After drinking a cup of hot tea and taking a deep breath, Lin Xiangyu asked curiously: "What's wrong with my husband? He's so old and he's still like a child. He chokes on milk."

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "The Ming army in North Korea is really ridiculous. They did not attack Li Yao, but they completely wiped out Li Chengyu and Dong Shan who also attacked Li Yao.

Then they shamelessly reported their merits to me, saying that they had eliminated the false Jin Emperor and the rebellious Jurchen Jianzhou Guards and Jianzhou Left Guards, and wanted me to reward them greatly.

It really made me laugh. With this, they were picking on the weakest in the battlefield.It also gave Li Yao, who was almost at the end of his rope, a chance to survive.

Just look at these old Beijing troops. They are all old veterans. They are not as good as our pro-army troops. Even the Guangxi wolf soldiers who opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty in the south are not as good as them.

They are different from the Liaodong Army. They are either unable to fight, or they are just greedy and do not want to contribute. "

Lin Xiangyu still had doubts: "My husband said that Li Yao was almost at the end of his rope. Wouldn't it be better for the Ming army to directly defeat North Korea?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "You don't understand the psychology of the Ming army who entered the DPRK. They thought they had a sure chance of victory and could knock down Korea with just one effort, so they wanted to fight slowly to gain sufficient benefits in the war. It was a bit of a self-respect for the invaders. It means."

"Raising the bandits for self-respect?"

"Not only that, but on the premise of ensuring your own safety, you want to make me angry and cause chaos.

I deposed their beloved orthodox emperor, and seeing that the crown prince could not be saved, it was strange that they had no objections. "Then what are you going to do?" "

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "What else can we do? Compromise, admit their victory, and publicize and reward them.

Anyway, I told them in advance that Japan would send troops to resist the Ming Dynasty and aid Korea. If they refused to believe it, that was not my problem.

Oh, and ah, we need to quickly add more troops to North Korea. Every one of Nanjing's Shangzhiwei should be sent up to capture North Korea in one fell swoop.

Publish the news of the great victory in the newspapers so that the people in the capital will know the bravery of the Ming army who entered the dynasty. "

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The next day, the newspaper was sent out.

Most people can't see the reason. They only know that the Ming army of Korea was victorious, killing [-] enemy troops, and captured Li Chengyu, who pretended to be the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and Dong, the commander of the Jianzhou Guard and Jianzhou Left Guard who had rebelled. Shan and Li Man live.

Originally, the surrender of [-] Liaodong troops to North Korea caused doubts among the government and the public. This time, a great victory re-stabilized people's hearts.

Nowadays, the atmosphere in the government and the public has become even stranger. Anyone who is not a direct descendant of the emperor is almost watching and waiting, hoping that the emperor will lose.

Being loyal to the Xuan Temple and the orthodox emperor was not the main factor, but that everyone did not want to see the emperor's prestige become unattainable.

It's almost done. If he continues to win, the emperor's prestige will be too high. It is conceivable that by then, he will become the same as Taizu Taizong.

It doesn't matter if you just say something to the public, you are just afraid that the emperor will take action against officials and gentry.

Therefore, everything in the government and the public has been quiet. Recently, almost no one has stood up to oppose the emperor.Everyone wanted to remain silent and bide their time.

The cabinet is relatively different. The important ministers were tempted by the emperor's picture of ZTE's famous ministers, but they were still willing to work hard.

Moreover, the emperor has recently ignored general affairs and given great autonomy to his ministers. The power of the cabinet and the six ministries has actually become greater than in the middle and late orthodox dynasties.

Instead of fighting against the emperor, the important ministers preferred to fight for power within the cabinet and the six ministries.

For example, Wei Ji and Shen Yi are pushing for the unified management of treasury and taxes by the Ministry of Household Affairs.The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War have to maintain their own small treasury.As one of the important contents of the reform, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of War began to show signs of fighting.

The Ministry of Punishment also wanted to carry out legal reform and formulate the Civil Code proposed by the emperor, but the Ministry of Rites was relatively resistant to this.The Ministry of Rites wanted to educate the people by placing part of the power of interpretation in the hands of the gentry, rather than letting the government fully control judicial power.

Zhu Qiyu was well aware of the subtle changes in the court situation, but he didn't want to care about them.

A little fight between the cabinet and the six ministries would be beneficial. Besides, Zhu Qiyu planned to leave the task of standardizing the distribution of power and reforming the administration to the next emperor.

People's mental energy is limited. If you have done everything by yourself, why don't you die from exhaustion?

In the cabinet, Wang Wen had a sad face.Although his beloved Emperor has almost disappeared recently, he still poses a small problem.

The emperor made a "little" reform in the appointment of officials: in the future, whether he appointed Liuke to Shizhong or various censors, the appointed officials were required to have served as county magistrates for at least three years and had excellent performance evaluations. .

Those who have no experience in governing are not allowed to serve as public officials.

Zhu Qiyu wants to fundamentally restrict empty talk by officials.

　Thanks to Taoist Zhuxie for the reward of 1000 points
　　
　
(End of this chapter)