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Chapter 173 Incompetence
The fiery red banner of the Ming Cult hung over the city of Pujiang County. The city was full of Ming Cultists wrapped in red scarves and holding knives and guns. Everyone's face was full of excitement and dissatisfaction...

On the top of the city stood several Mingjiao leaders wearing red cloaks. The leader was an unusually burly man in his fifties, with eyes like copper bells and beard and hair, like a ferocious tiger.He is the tiger king Qin Zhongyuan, one of the four great protectors of the Ming Cult. He stands proudly on the top of the city at this moment, pointing the country, and he is Gu Pan Zixiong.

Standing next to him was Mizhi County. Lao Mi was still wearing the seventh-rank official uniform of the imperial court, but he was also surrounded by a red cloak, which looked nondescript.He was angry at the moment, his rosaceous nose was flushed, and his old face was so tense that even the wrinkles were almost disappearing.

"Still angry, old Mi." Seeing him like this, Qin Zhongyuan laughed loudly and said, "Didn't the old man restrain the children already?"

"It's late." Mizhi County paused and said, "How did we agree to three chapters before entering the city, and you didn't do one of them!"

"Master Mi, you should pass." Before Qin Zhongyuan could speak, his subordinates were unhappy: "You guys have been holding back for so long, I can't control how many people I hurt, how many women I play, and how many things I grab. What?" After a pause, he said, "Isn't it all gone now, why do you have to hold onto it..."

"To put it lightly, half of the county town was burned down with a torch! How do you let the common people think of you!" Mi Zhixian said angrily: "Tiger King was a Red Turban Army, and he should know how they rose and ended!"

"My surname is Mi, our law protector will give you face, don't be shameless!" Someone said angrily: "Don't count on our Red Turban Army, there is no reason to pick up the bowl to eat and put down the chopsticks to scold your mother!"

"Shut up!" Tiger King suddenly yelled, "Why are you talking to Mr. Mi!" He snorted and said, "This is what Mr. Mi looks like to do big things. We are the Red Scarf Army, not bandits!"

Hearing what the Tiger King said, Mi Zhixian's face softened a little and said, "It's not too late to make up for it..."

"How?" Tiger King asked.

"The raper and murderer will die, and the wounding and theft will be punished." Mi Zhixian said in a deep voice.

"It's too much!" Tiger King's men shouted angrily.

"..." Tiger King's face also darkened, he also understands the truth, but he is known as a calf protector.Besides, it's only the next city, and everyone is in high spirits. If it's not only no good, but also loses his head, how can he be the boss?
But if he wanted to defend Pujiang City, he couldn't do without the help of Mizhi County and Zheng's family, which made him very difficult.

"It's not that I have trouble with you." Mizhi County sighed: "The popularity of Pujiang is the Zheng family, and the Zheng family is Pujiang. If the criminals are not severely punished, how can the Zheng family join in?"

"Old man Zheng can't say whether he agrees or not." Tiger King's subordinates said coldly: "Our family's green tiger was killed by the Zheng family..."

Speaking of the apprentice who died in vain, the Tiger King became more and more determined in his mind: "Youdao can't be slapped. Before serious military discipline, let me see Emperor Jianwen first!" After a pause, he said: "If he can't come, brother Don't you want to be pitted to death?"

"Your Majesty has already gone to Zhengzhai Town, and personally persuaded Mr. Zheng to go." Mi Zhixian said lightly: "There will be good news soon."

"Really?" The Tiger King couldn't help being happy, but then he said displeased: "You old rice, you are so dishonest. You let my son-in-law go to die, but you send someone to secretly pick peaches!"

It turns out that the fleet that broke out suddenly and fought with the officers and soldiers was sent by the Mingjiao at the request of Mizhi County. Those people just returned... After a hard fight, more than half of them were killed or injured, but they were snatched away Jianwen.Tiger King is still guessing, which god is so good at pinching and counting, it turns out that Mizhi County sent his own people to follow behind...

"Why did the Tiger King say that?" Mi Zhixian said indifferently: "You and I are ministers in the same palace now, so naturally we have to work together. My people rescued His Majesty, is it better than falling into the hands of the officers and soldiers?"

"Don't change the subject, I mean, why didn't you say hello earlier?" Tiger King said angrily.

"The battlefield is changing rapidly, who can predict that it will be like that?" Mi Zhixian said: "I just sent someone to take a look..."

"Huh!" Tiger King snorted, he didn't bother to argue with the scholar, because he couldn't fight at all...

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Mizhi County guessed right, Mr. Jianwen had already arrived at Zhengzhai Town via the underground tunnel.But he won't make any public appearances until a decision has been made.The Zheng family even regarded his arrival as a top priority... Of course, the reason claimed was not the arrival of the former emperor, but to explain the rebellion and the fall of the county, so that the town would have sufficient reason to impose martial law .

With a sad face, Mr. Zheng came to the library in the backyard of the ancestral hall.A scholarly family like the Zheng family naturally has such a thing, and there are many rules, fire, theft, insects, and rats needless to say, without the patriarch's key, no one can open the door...

Opening the door of the library, Mr. Zheng went in alone, turned around and locked the door, and then tremblingly went upstairs step by step.

Going up to the second floor, Mr. Zheng came to a bookcase. After struggling to identify it for a long time, he pulled out a book in the corner, put his hand in hard, and groped for a long time. A large bookshelf on the wall slowly slid out a foot, revealing a small black door, whistling through the dark wind.

The big families who came from the war-torn era all liked to dig secret escape routes, and the Zheng family could be wiped out at any time, so naturally they spared no effort.Mr. Zheng stepped in, twisted a knocker-like thing, and the big bookshelf slid back to its original place...

As if conjuring, Mr. Zheng had an extra wind lantern in his hand. He walked forward slowly by the light, and saw that the road inside was even more complicated, with seven turns and eight bends, and roads everywhere.This is called the eight trigrams ecstasy array, except for one that can be passed through, the rest are blocked, which shows how much thought has been put into it.

I don't know how long they walked, but the old man saw a bright light flapping in front of him, so he imitated a few crickets, and echoed a few times there.After a while, I saw a person hurried over to greet him, it turned out to be Zheng Jiaoyu.

"Uncle came so fast." Zheng Jiaoyu went to help Mr. Zheng, but Zheng Tang shook off his hand, not letting him touch him, and said with a sneer, "You are like Cao Cao coercing the emperor to order the princes, so I can't come here obediently?"

"If uncle is angry, I will serve you in the family law..." Zheng Jiaoyu said brazenly, "But now, don't keep His Majesty waiting..."

"Hmph..." Mr. Zheng snorted angrily and said, "Eternal sinner!" He didn't say a subject, and he didn't know what he was referring to...

He said so, but Mr. Zheng was unwilling to lose the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, so he hurriedly dressed up and came forward to a secret room guarded by a purple-faced man.

The big purple-faced man turned sideways to let Zheng Tang in, but blocked Zheng Jiaoyu from the outside and said, "Master wants to talk to the old man alone."

"Alas." Zheng Jiaoyu had no choice but to wait outside.

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Although it is an underground secret room, it is very spacious. Jianwen sits on a futon in meditation, an oil lamp in front of him, the orange light is like beans; a furnace of sandalwood, milk-colored cigarettes curling up...

Jianwen was reciting scriptures with his eyes closed. Mr. Zheng knelt down and listened for a while, and found out that it was the mantra of rebirth...

"Namo Amitabhaya, Dotagataye... Amitriduo, Sidampovi; Amitabha, Vigalandi... Zhidakali, Sapoha..."

Listening to Jianwen chanting scriptures, Mr. Zheng couldn't help being lost in thought. In the white smoke, he recalled the Jianwen years he had personally experienced...

Emperor Jianwen's name was Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of Emperor Taizu.In order to maintain the succession system and prevent future disputes over the succession of the throne, after the early death of the prince Zhu Biao, the Taizu established Yunxuan as the grandson of the emperor according to the inheritance principle.Afterwards, Taizu summoned famous Confucian scholars from all over the world to teach Yun Wen carefully, hoping that he could become a qualified ruler of success.

Emperor Taizu was wise and powerful, not like ordinary people, but he made mistakes all his life, especially in his understanding of scholars, he was always confused.He has personally experienced the incompetence of Confucian scholars in governing the country, so he stopped the imperial examination for ten years, but he still inevitably looked up to scholars and handed over the heirs who were like blank paper to a group of Confucian scholars.

Taisun's teachers Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others are all extraordinary in character and knowledge, but most of these scholars who are full of economics have no administrative experience, let alone struggle experience.Their thoughts are all in line with the words of the sages, and they are full of wishful thinking... They are scholars who are useless, and these people are reluctant to deal with daily problems, let alone complicated and sinister national affairs.

And... a good person will never be a good emperor, this is a truth that has been repeatedly verified for thousands of years.But Yun Wen inherited his father's gentle character, completely different from Emperor Taizu.Therefore, under the combined effect of docile personality and Confucian education, the young Taisun is full of bookishness and gentleness. He does not agree with his grandfather's cruel policies from the bottom of his heart.

In the 31st year of Hongwu, Taizu passed away. In the same year, Yun Wen ascended the throne. The next year, he was changed to Yuan Jianwen, and he was named Emperor Jianwen. He was 21 years old at the time.At that time, most of his uncles were in the prime of life, holding armies in all directions, and stared at this frail nephew... Ever since he became the grandson, Emperor Jianwen had a great sense of crisis. He was very afraid that his uncles would hurt him. The last emperor, he couldn't wait to change this situation, so he promoted Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, Fang Xiaoru and others to be academic scholars to participate in state affairs... From then on, the formulation and implementation of national policies were completely controlled by these three people. They became de facto prime ministers.The reason why there is no name of Prime Minister is because the Taizu wrote the order of 'not allowing a prime minister' to be written into the ancestral training...

So, an inexperienced young emperor full of idealism but extremely insecure, and a few moral nerds, started a jaw-dropping low-energy performance... To use a very appropriate metaphor, it is It's like playing against the landlord in later generations. The landlord holds two bomb belts and kings in his hand, but forcibly plays himself to death, which is beyond human ability.

(End of this chapter)