Chapter 79 Zhu Qizhen argued hard!
Zhu Qizhen wanted to lose his temper, but in the end he was not really confused yet.

So he pointed to the people below and said: "Now the soldiers are fighting for the Ming Dynasty and for my country! How can I abandon them and ignore them!"

After that, he looked at Zhang Fu and said: "It's not like the late emperor never had his own conquests. What's more, there is no emperor in any dynasty who has ever had his own conquests! Why are you here with me! Yet you all want to stop me!"

The ministers had grimaces on their faces. What did they say? They said they didn't let you go because they thought you were not good enough?
It was Wang Zhi who finally came out.

Just listen to Wang Zhi say: "Your Majesty, I do not ignore the soldiers on the frontier, but our court has many capable people. The British Duke followed the late emperor to fight against the rebellion. Naturally, the British Duke can lead the troops this time."

"Furthermore, Yu Qian Yu Shaobao is also loyal to our court, and he is brave and good at fighting. Why would the emperor take risks? Please think about it for us ministers!"

The courtiers bowed again and said, "Your Majesty, please think again!"

Zhu Qizhen was really angry, but the reason why he was angry was that the courtiers did not allow him to go to the battlefield.

Listening to the concerned tone of the courtiers, Zhu Qizhen actually felt very comfortable.

So Zhu Qizhen also slowed down his tone and said: "I am not determined to have my own way, but it is not easy for the soldiers. My coming over can be regarded as comfort and encouragement to them, and it also scares the Tatars and Oaras."

The ministers looked at each other with different expressions.

It seems that their emperor has no regard for him at all. Wala was so arrogant before, saying that he came to pay tribute, but in the end he brought thousands of people with him just as envoys.

You tolerated it at that time, but now you say you want to shock them?
"Ha! Ridiculous!"

The courtiers were shocked.

Here, who is talking! Who is so bold? !
Zhu Qizhen was also shocked. He did not expect that someone would speak to him in such a mocking tone.

"Who! How dare you disrespect me!" Zhu Qizhen glanced at the kneeling courtiers below.

"It's us! What else do you want to do to us?!" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice came from the side.

Zhu Qizhen looked over with shock and saw Zhu Yuanzhang wearing a dragon robe and a young man standing next to him.

Naturally, Zhu Qizhen didn't recognize him, so he shouted in a panic: "Help! Come and help me quickly!"

Originally, the courtiers below were a little scared when they saw Xiao Ran and Li Shimin suddenly appearing, but now they saw only two of them, so there was nothing to be afraid of!

There were so many ministers among them, and each one of them was killed by him with just one fist.

Zhang Fu took a step forward and said, "Who is coming!"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a step forward, and his face that was originally obscured by the light gradually became clearer.

Zhang Fu was shocked, "This is Emperor Taizu Gao!"

The courtiers were silent for a moment, and then there was a burst of whispers.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhang Fu in surprise, "Oh? You actually know us?"

Zhang Fu said very respectfully: "I was with Emperor Taizong in my early years and was fortunate enough to see the portrait of Emperor Taizu Gao. Although I only saw it once, I will keep it in mind!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand towards him and said, "Okay, okay, get up."

After Zhang Fu stood up, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the stunned Zhu Qizhen, feeling even more dissatisfied.

"Why, you don't know how to call your grandpa when you see him?"

Zhu Qizhen finally came to his senses, but still asked hesitantly: "Are you really Taizu Emperor Gao?"

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "Didn't you place the order yourself?"

Zhu Qizhen slapped his head and then remembered the order he had placed.

He took out the jade and said with a look of disbelief: "This, this is actually true?"

Xiao Ran walked to Zhu Qizhen and said with a smile: "Of course it is true. Our company does not engage in fraud."

Zhu Qizhen looked at Xiao Ran and asked, "Who are you?"

Xiao Ran smiled and said, "I am the chairman of the Super Dimension Company."

Zhu Qizhen obviously didn't know what the chairman meant, so he opened his mouth to ask, but was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Do you want to conquer personally?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "You, you still want to lead a military expedition in person? Do you know the art of war? How are you practicing riding and shooting? What if I am at a high place and there are enemies below the city?"

Zhu Qizhen broke into cold sweat when asked by Zhu Yuanzhang.

It wouldn't be wrong to say that he didn't know anything, but no one could bear to answer questions under such pressure.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Qizhen who was silent and sneered, "You don't know anything about it after asking three questions. Why don't you go to the imperial chariot to fight in person to boost the morale of our army? I think you are holding back the soldiers!"

Zhu Qizhen said a little unconvinced: "Why can't I personally conquer the country while the late emperor could? Even my great-grandfather conquered the world after many battles."

Looking at the expressionless Zhu Yuanzhang, Xiao Ran gave Zhu Qizhen a thumbs up.

You know how to step on other people's bad spots.

He directly said in front of others that his son had rebelled against his grandson.

Xiao Ran didn't know what else he could do besides deducting six points for Zhu Qizhen.

The courtiers were also stunned by Zhu Qizhen's words. Although this is true and it is also a matter of the winner being the king and the loser being the bandit, you are not deserving of it if you poke someone's lungs in front of them. Are you going to be beaten?

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of taking action. He just looked at Zhu Qizhen with mocking eyes and said very straightforwardly: "Because you are not as good as your father, let alone Zhu Di!"

Zhu Qizhen was shocked. He thought that he had successfully conquered Luchuan many times. Even though Sirenfa and his son fled to Burma, he also attacked Burma and forced them to hand over their people.

Doesn't this prove that the Ming Dynasty was strong under his governance?
Furthermore, now that the refugee problem is serious, he is different from the expulsions of the previous dynasty. He is implementing a policy of appeasement, which gives him a good reputation among the people.

Doesn’t this also prove that he is a popular emperor?

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen always believed that even if he, as emperor, was not as good as Zhu Di, he would admit it. After all, Zhu Di was not comparable to ordinary people.

But he thinks he is no worse than his father.

Now after Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Zhu Qizhen's first reaction was disbelief. He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "Emperor Taizu Gao! Why do you say I am not good?! My father is wise, am I worse than him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What achievements do you have that can be compared with him? Where did you get your confidence? Did you rely on Wang Zhen?!"

Zhu Qizhen didn't say anything, and Xiao Ran complained from the side: "Did Wang Zhen brainwash you?"

Zhu Qizhen was not angry because Xiao Ran said Wang Zhen. Although he doted on Wang Zhen, in his eyes, he was the emperor and Wang Zhen was a slave. He listened to Wang Zhen because Wang Zhen could talk and confuse people. He felt Wang Zhen only listened to what he said made sense.

Instead of being respectful to Wang Zhenduo, he obeyed.

When Xiao Ran asked this, he still had the heart to ask: "What is brainwashing?"

Xiao Ran choked for a moment, and said in Zhu Yuanzhang's gloating eyes: "You believe whatever he says, he is just brainwashing you."

Zhu Qizhen said innocently: "But what he said makes sense!"

Xiao Ran's eyes widened and his head was full of questions.

"No, what he said makes sense?! Let's not talk about the things he asked you to be very strict with the ministers before. Let's just say that this time, he asked you to lead the expedition in person. Don't you think there is any problem?"

Zhu Qizhen thought for a moment, then shook his head, "I think he is right. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, I go to boost the morale of the soldiers, and also to frighten the enemy. Why not?"

Xiao Ran was so angry that he laughed, "Building morale? Whether it is Mr. Zhu Di or your father, they are all capable of going into battle to kill the enemy. Can you? Do you have the strength to fight?"

Before Zhu Qizhen could refute, Xiao Ran continued: "In addition to deterring the enemy, they are not fighting at the border as usual, they have already launched a massive attack on the Ming Dynasty! If you can deter them, will they dare?"

"When you go, are you encouraging the enemy to kill you quickly, or are you encouraging the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty to protect you?"

Zhu Qizhen was speechless for a moment when Xiao Ran said this.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Qizhen and said, "As for you, it's better not to go to the battlefield and cause trouble to the soldiers! You can't!"

After saying that, before Zhu Qizhen could react, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Where is Wang Zhen? Call him out!"

Today, Wang Zhen said that he was not feeling well, so he did not come to court with Zhu Qizhen. In fact, he was afraid that if he appeared, the courtiers would attack him.

Normally, it doesn't matter. Although the courtiers are very dissatisfied with him, because of his power and Zhu Qizhen's favor, they haven't reached the point of breaking out.

But this time is different. This is a matter for the emperor to conquer personally. All the important officials in the court are here, especially military generals like Zhang Fu. He always has to take some care. Anyway, Zhu Qizhen is the emperor, and they don't Dare to say anything outrageous to Zhu Qizhen.

As long as Zhu Qizhen insisted, it would definitely be possible, so Wang Zhen simply said that he was not ill.

Seeing the anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, Zhu Qizhen did not dare to protect Wang Zhen, so he quickly called him over.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wang Zhen who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You are the one who wants the emperor to lead the expedition in person?"

Wang Zhen smiled flatteringly at Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang's identity was told to him when the young eunuch informed him.

So Wang Zhen knew that this emperor was not as easy to fool as Zhu Qizhen, so he naturally put in a lot of effort.

"Slave Wang Zhen, please pay homage to Emperor Taizu Gao!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him condescendingly and said, "Was it your idea to let the emperor attack Sirenfa?"

Although Wang Zhen didn't understand the meaning of Zhu Yuanzhang's question, he still nodded.

Looking at Wang Zhen kneeling on the ground, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even bother to find charges for him, because there were too many to find, and the most serious one was instigating the emperor.

So Zhu Yuanzhang simply said: "Here comes someone! Drag him down for us! Wait for him to be punished!"

Wang Zhen was startled, and subconsciously looked at Zhu Qizhen, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, crying: "Emperor Taizu Gao! I don't know what mistake I made! I hope Emperor Taizu Gao will make it clear!"

Zhu Qizhen also couldn't bear it. He opened his mouth and wanted to plead for Wang Zhen.

Xiao Ran directly interrupted what he had not yet said.

"You don't need to ask what mistake you made? When Zhu Qizhen just took the throne a few years ago, you asked him to adopt a harsh attitude towards ministers. You also found a reason to punish the ministers who didn't deal with you. Did you punish him? Impeach an official in time to establish your authority!"

"Anyone who doesn't deal with you, who can't stand your arrogance and dictatorship, has been killed by you! Especially this time when you instigated Zhu Qizhen's imperial commander to go on a personal expedition, are you really doing it for the good of Ming Dynasty, or are you doing it to improve your status? Be stable, you know it yourself.”

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "Zhu Qizhen is not self-aware of his own abilities, but you! You blindly instigate Zhu Qizhen just to gain Zhu Qizhen's favor! You hold Zhu Qizhen up and make him arrogant. It’s reached the extreme, and now you actually have the nerve to ask you what mistake you made?!”

After speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Wang Zhen a chance to argue. He waved his sleeves and had Wang Zhen taken away.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't bear to look at Wang Zhen, who was being dragged away crying. He wanted to plead for Wang Zhen, but now so many ministers were watching, he couldn't hold back his face.

Zhang Fu, who was below, knelt on the ground and said: "Taizu Gao Emperor Shengming!"

Only then did the rest of the ministers react, and they quickly knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "Taizu Gao Emperor Shengming!"

Zhu Qizhen looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and then at the kneeling courtiers below, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him now, he asked Xiao Randao: "Did I really do something wrong?"

Xiao Ran said: "You are wrong, and you are right. Whether it is to boost morale or to intimidate the enemy, even if you want to conquer personally just to add political achievements to yourself, it is all right."

"But what you did wrong was that you followed Wang Zhen's instigation and misjudged your own strength! Let me tell you directly, if we hadn't come, you would have gone on the expedition yourself, but in the middle of the journey, due to the weather and various For some reason, Wang Zhen is afraid. He just wanted to follow your imperial command and conquer in person, so that his own status could rise to a higher level."

"But later he was afraid that he would really kill you, so he backed down midway and wanted to return to the court. When he was in Tumubao, you were even kidnapped by Wala. Do you know what this means?"

Zhu Qizhen's face was full of shock, "I, I was kidnapped by Wala?"

Xiao Ran nodded, "You are the first and only Emperor Ming to be taken prisoner by the enemy."

Zhu Qizhen felt that he had been greatly shocked.

"How, how could this happen?"

Xiao Ran snorted and said, "Don't believe it. More than that, there were a total of 200,000 troops around you at that time, but they did not fight against the 30,000 troops of Wala because you chose the wrong place to station. There was no water in that place. Soldiers How can we fight when we are so thirsty?"

"And this place is the Feng Shui treasure land that Wang Zhen chose for you. It's not that no one has tried to persuade you, but you don't listen. Wang Zhen even said that he is a scornful scholar. If he tries to persuade him again, he will be killed."

Zhu Qizhen looked a little dazed.

At this time, the hall had long been quiet, and the ministers could clearly hear the conversation between Xiao Ran and Zhu Qizhen.

(End of this chapter)

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