Zhu Yuanzhang can see my dreams

Chapter 385 385 Anyone who talks about moving south should be beheaded!
How can we say that Buddhist relics, lightning-struck wood and other sacred objects are fake?
This situation can only occur because of "perfect merit".

This trick might be enough to fool other people, but Wang Buli would never believe it.

So when faced with Zhu Yuanzhang's question, he nodded slightly:
"Yes, it is similar to the method of making colored glaze."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe in Buddhism very much before, he still had some ideas about the fact that some monks could burn out Buddha bone relics.

Now that Wang Buli had explained it to me, I understood it instantly.

Buddhism also needs more believers to see this kind of thing with their own eyes in order to get more money from incense.

They also use the Buddha's bones and relics from great monks to make money.

When he thought of this, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had any interest in these bald donkeys.

Everything is fucking fake.

"That debate on scriptures you just mentioned is something we can do."

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly adjusted his mood: "If they are killed by the surrounding small countries, then our Ming Dynasty will have an excuse to avenge them and explore the location of the mineral deposits."

"That's a good idea. I remember that Xuanzang not only wrote books but also drew maps when he traveled west."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Wang Buli's words, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Why did the Ming Dynasty fail to defeat the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty?
Even though his sons led five northern expeditions, they still escaped.

It’s because they are not familiar with the road conditions. When the Mongols are strong, they go south, and when their strength weakens, they run north.

But no matter where you run to, you need a place to stay.

If we can get all the maps back, it will be a huge boon to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not want temples to dominate the Ming Dynasty again. This kind of organized gang must be completely eliminated and not allowed to grow rampantly.

By that time everyone will become a monk and no one will farm or pay taxes for the Ming Dynasty. Wouldn’t that mean the Ming Dynasty is doomed?

Now it would be a great idea to turn some of them into treasures!

With the policy of encouraging monks and Taoists to go to foreign countries to debate scriptures, many people were tempted.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang tore off the roof when he came to power, causing this group of superstitious people to complain. Now that the emperor has opened a window for them, it sounds pretty good.

If you have the ability to spread Buddhism or Taoism, then go out and don’t stick to the Ming Dynasty.

There were even those who wanted to go to Mobei to spread Buddhist and Taoist ideas to the Mongols, and the government would give them certain subsidies.

This matter caused another uproar.

When the news reached Peking, Zhu Di called Daoyan over to ask him what he thought.

Daoyan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty will not easily issue a policy. He must have discovered something illegal during his inspection, so he did this."

"As for sending these monks and Taoists to uncivilized places outside the Ming Dynasty to spread the teachings, perhaps it was the Prince Consort's idea."

Daoyan had an impression of Wang Buli and was also aware of his brilliant ideas.

"Yes."

Zhu Di clapped his hands and said, "You are the one who reminded me. This was my brother-in-law's idea.

I have heard from the Goryeo envoys that the Khan and the nobles of the Northern Yuan Dynasty have been supporting those monks. Now if we allow the monks from the Ming Dynasty to debate with them, we might disturb them. "

Daoyan, however, felt that Wang Buli's tactic was truly vicious.

It not only solves the problem of too many monks in the Ming Dynasty, but also causes trouble for the enemy country.

Even if these monks were to go to the Mongols, they would probably be slaughtered.

"Even if the argument is wrong, you can still come back."

Zhu Di did not think about it that way: "There are not many temples in the north, so why would we build a small temple here?"

Daoyan also didn't understand what Wang Buli meant.

In short, it is a foregone conclusion that Your Majesty intends to suppress Buddhism.

As for the Kong family and the Zhang family, they had been suppressed long ago.

"Okay, go and recite the sutra."

Zhu Di ordered them to leave: "I want to discuss something with the princess."

……

Zhu Di didn't have to wait long before they met in the fairyland.

Xu Miaoyun first drew on the map there.

Zhu Di reported some problems encountered in the northern military system, and then listened to Zhu Yuanzhang's opinions.

Wang Buli sat aside eating and drinking, totally uninterested in what they were talking about.

The current environment makes Wang Buli feel that it is not realistic at all.

After he had traced a small piece of the map, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped talking and let Wang Buli continue.

So the show started from the time when the Ming emperor was captured by the Oirat people.

Zhu Di was very angry last time, but after being enlightened by Wang Buli, he calmed down.

After capturing Zhu Qizhen, Yesen was ecstatic and said that he had often prayed to God for the Yuan Dynasty to unify the world, and today he had indeed achieved this victory.

Zhu Qizhen asked Yuan Bin to write a letter to the Ming government, informing him of his capture and asking for pearls, gold and silver to redeem him.

The letter was delivered by Liang Gui, a captain who had recently come to the Wala military camp as an envoy.

Liang Gui first delivered the letter to Huailai, and the Huailai garrison commander then sent someone to deliver it to the capital, and it was delivered to the imperial palace from the West Chang'an Gate at three o'clock that night.

When the palace received this information, an atmosphere of panic immediately engulfed it.

Empress Dowager Sun and Empress Qian immediately looted the palace of precious treasures such as gold, treasures and silk, loaded them onto eight horses, and sent eunuchs to transport them to the outside of Juyong Pass to find the Oirat military camp in an attempt to redeem Zhu Qizhen.

This idea of ​​redeeming the emperor with gold and silk would of course not be realized. Instead, Zhu Qizhen was taken to Xuanfu by the Mongolian cavalry led by Yesen and then transferred to Datong to knock on the gate.

"Confused."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the sofa cushion and said, "It's fine that the queen is young and ignorant, but the Queen Mother Sun is also so naive in handling things. I am really disappointed."

Wang Buli glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang. Was she naive in handling things?
Just wait and see her incredible moves.

The news of the emperor's capture after the defeat at Tumu was kept secret in the palace and not announced to the court officials.

But the soldiers who had retreated from the front lines, with wounds all over their bodies and bloodstained clothes, appeared in groups of three or five on the streets of Beijing. When asked about the emperor's situation, they all said they didn't know.

It is impossible to conceal such a great defeat.

In addition, there were rumors that the emperor was knocking on the door for Yesen. Even though everyone thought it was fake, it still made people panic.

All the officials gathered at the gate, spoke to each other privately, and were filled with sorrow and fear.

At first, the court was inclined to listen to the advice of Xu Youzhen, who was famous for his strategic expertise.

Since the number of defenders around Beijing had been reduced to less than 100,000, and the situation in Datong and Xuanfu was still uncertain, he strongly advocated that the court should move south.

The Song dynasty had already done so when the Jurchens captured the Song capital of Bianliang (Kaifeng) in 1127.

He supported his argument with authoritative astrological evidence that the retreat was warranted.

Some officials have moved their families and property to the south.

In particular, all the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty died in Tumu Fortress. Where were the soldiers in the capital who could fight?
It's impossible to defend it.

At that time, everyone will be taken captive together, and the treatment of Emperor Huizong of Song and other emperors and their ministers will be repeated, and they will perform the sheep-leading ceremony together.

Facts have proved that Xu Youzhen's words greatly hurt many officials. We officials have worked hard to live a good life, but in the end we have to take risks and become slaves to the Wala people who are worse than pigs and dogs. Who can accept this?
So it’s best for us to run away first.

When we have more powerful troops in the future, we will fight back.

After Zhu Qizhen sacrificed the elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, the court officials had no confidence in being able to withstand the offensive of the Oirat.

Many people thought that the Ming Dynasty was about to end.

When has there ever been such a great defeat? Even the emperor was captured. If this is not a sign of the country's demise, how could it be?
However, Xu Youzhen's argument was refuted by Yu Qian, the Minister of War, who pointed out righteously:
"Anyone who talks about moving south should be killed!"

"The capital is the foundation of the world. If it moves, everything will be lost. Haven't you seen the Song Dynasty's migration to the south?"

"As a matter of fact, we must quickly summon the loyal soldiers from all over the world to defend this place to the death!"

Since Yu Qian was a senior military figure in Beijing (the Minister of War had been killed in Tumu), he, as the Vice Minister, automatically assumed the duties of the Minister.

Therefore, his words carried weight in the court.

"Well, Buli, you said he is Yu Wenming's grandson?"

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed at the passionate person on the giant screen. What he most didn't want was the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty to happen in the Ming Dynasty.

When it comes to some people's mouths, the North is very easily abandoned.

Especially officials whose hometowns are in the south.

"Yeah." Wang Buli smiled and said, "He hasn't been born yet."

"Yes, it is very good to have such ministers standing up to stabilize people's hearts when the country is in danger." Zhu Di listened to their words without saying anything, but just remembered the names of Yu Wenming and Yu Qian, the grandfather and grandson.

They will be reused in the future.

Yu Qian received support from the three eunuchs of the court, Jin Ying, Xing An and Li Yongchang, as well as Grand Secretary Chen Xun, Minister of Personnel Wang Zhi and Minister of Rites Han Yong.

However, Empress Dowager Sun was still hesitant and indecisive. It was not until the eunuch gave her a detailed account of the historical lessons of the Song Dynasty's migration to the south that she made up her mind to hold on to Beijing.

In this way, the eunuch Li Yongchang finally won over the Empress Dowager Sun.

Yu Qian's war faction won.

As for Xu Youzhen and others who were trying to mislead the people, they were scolded out of the hall by the eunuchs.

The issue of migration to the south is not allowed to appear in the court again.

The situation faced by the Ming court at this time was very serious.

First of all, the political institutions were imperfect, there was no emperor, and a group of ministers were killed in the "Tumu Incident".

Secondly, the elite troops of the Beijing Army were lost, leaving the capital's defenses empty.

Third, Yesen was close at hand and was likely to attack Beijing.

Once the decision was made to stay in Beijing and resist, the successor to the Ming Dynasty became an urgent issue that needed to be resolved.

As long as the emperor is in the hands of the enemy, he can only be regarded as dead. This way, we will not be tied up and dragged by the nose by Yesen.

The Ming Dynasty must have a new emperor ascend the throne!

To reflect the Ming Dynasty's destiny of achieving a stable situation and inspiring the military and civilians.

Since the emperor's eldest son was still an infant, the obvious candidate must be his younger brother, Prince of Qin, Zhu Qiyu.

He was the emperor's half-brother and had been designated as regent when the emperor led his army into battle.

Yu Qian and other pro-war factions clearly gained the upper hand in the court debate, and Empress Dowager Sun immediately ordered Prince Qin to be in charge of government affairs as regent. At the same time, the emperor's one-year-old son was made crown prince.

Empress Dowager Sun did this because she didn't want the throne to be inherited by Zhu Qiyu.

After all, she still has to treat her grandson and other people's sons differently.

"Everyone has private feelings."

Zhu Yuanzhang also tried a sip of iced cola and could not help but sigh: "It seems that the queen can no longer be selected from small families in the future. They have no decisiveness at all. They don't want the good of the Ming Dynasty, but the good of their own offspring."

“The difference in thinking between men and women is very obvious.”

Wang Buli was at a loss as to what to say about this matter. Could it be that there were really so many women in the world who would love other people's children?

Virtuous queens like Empress Ma have always been a minority.

Yu Qian first mobilized troops, including the troops from the north and south, the troops preparing for war with Japan, the grain transport troops, and the Zhejiang troops under the command of Ningyang Hou, all of which rushed to the capital.

Then he ordered that all the grain in Tongzhou be moved to the capital and not left for Yesen. In order to transport all the grain in, he immediately began to distribute silver.

Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent. He found that when the critical moment came, Wang Buli's scattering of silver really worked.

As long as they transported 20 shi of grain from Tongzhou to the capital, they would be given one tael of silver. This was a good deal for the porters.

We just have to work hard.

The surrounding people were mobilized immediately and all the millions of shi of grain stored in the Tongzhou granary were transported into the city.

With food in hand and soldiers guarding the city, how difficult is it to defend the city?
"Yu Qian still has brains."

Zhu Yuanzhang could only bring the topic to Yu Qian. He was thinking that when he became rich, he would also satisfy his desire to spend money.

There was no way, Zhu Yuanzhang was really afraid of being poor.

The whole family was so poor that they starved to death and there was not even a piece of land for burial.

This is engraved in his bones.

The miserable life in his childhood could not change his character even though he has become the most noble man in the world now.

"Well, what my father-in-law said is right."

Wang Buli echoed this. In fact, he had never understood why Yu Qian would sit idly by and watch Zhu Qizhen ascend the throne again.

Zhu Qiyu went to the Meridian Gate to take charge of government affairs. Right Censor-in-Chief Chen Yi and others reported:
"Wang Zhen endangered the country and framed Cheng Yu. I requested that his entire family be executed to appease the people's hearts."

Zhu Qiyu did not give a clear answer. After all, he was now the regent and the emperor was not dead yet.

Empress Dowager Sun was watching from behind.

What should he say?
When the ministers saw Zhu Qiyu's hesitant attitude, they were filled with grief and indignation, and their cries shook the palace steps.

Wang Zhen's henchman, Jinyiwei commander Ma Shun, scolded and drove away the ministers, which further aroused their anger.

Then the Imperial Censor Wang Jing grabbed Ma Shun’s hair, bit his face, and angrily shouted:
"If Cao is a traitor, he should be executed. How dare you do that?"

All the ministers rushed forward and beat Ma Shun to death immediately.

Not only that, the ministers also asked Zhu Qiyu for two of Wang Zhen's followers, the eunuchs Mao Gui and Wang Changsui.

When the eunuch Jin Ying saw that the situation was urgent, he pushed Mao and Wang out through the gap in the palace gate, and they were immediately beaten to death by the ministers.

The bodies of the three men were displayed outside Dong'an Gate for public display, and the military and civilians continued to fight over the bodies to vent their anger.

After a while, someone tied up Wang Zhen's nephew Wang Shan and brought him over, and everyone started to curse at him.

For a moment, the court was in chaos and the guards were shouting loudly.

The young Zhu Qiyu was numb when he saw this scene.

It wasn't just him who was numb.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little numb. Such a terrible incident of court officials unilaterally beating ministers to death actually happened in our Ming Dynasty.

What does the Ministry of Rites do?
Don’t you know how to stop it?

Oh, the officials from the Ministry of Rites also started punching and kicking just now!
Zhu Di became powerful again, and such chaos is really embarrassing.

Ma Shun and others were beaten to death, and they deserved it, but it was not normal for a minister to use force in the palace.

Therefore, the ministers felt helpless.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the furious state of his ministers and the bloodstains on the palace grounds and felt frightened, so he wanted to retreat to the palace.

At this time, Yu Qian "pushed forward the crowd" and stopped Zhu Qiyu, asking him to announce:
"Shun and others should be put to death", and the officials who beat Ma Shun and others were "not punished".

Zhu Qiyu then ordered Wang Shan to be tied to the execution ground and executed by slow slicing.

All members of Wang Zhen's family, young and old, were beheaded.

"From his house, more than sixty vaults of gold and silver, one hundred jade plates, and more than twenty coral trees six or seven feet tall were found."

It can be said that things were completely beyond the control of Zhu Qizhen, the vassal king.

Or maybe no one regarded Zhu Qiyu as an emperor. After all, he was just a regent, and a regent with no real power.

Who would take him to heart?

The idea of ​​ruler-ruler and subject-subject doesn't work anymore.

"This incident happened in a hurry, but Yu Qian acted decisively and handled it properly, so the situation was quickly stabilized."

Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but boast about Yu Qian once again. Many of his ministers did not know whether they were persecuted by Wang Zhen or wanted to distance themselves from him, but they all took action.

Fortunately, Yu Qian knows what priorities are.

The sleeves of Yu Qian's robe were torn from being squeezed, which shows the chaos in the court at that time.

The eunuchs did not dare to speak for Wang Zhen. As for the fact that the commander of the Jinyiwei was beaten to death, which Jinyiwei dared to step forward to rescue him?
"A great defeat wiped out all the forces we set up to balance the court."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and said, "I never understood why the civil service group in the Ming Dynasty always became more powerful and even trampled on all the military merits. It turns out that the root of the problem is here."

"The Civil Service Group is the only dominant group?"

Zhu Di certainly knew that the emperor had been captured, and many senior officials and various nobles had died in the battle.

"How can this be done?"

"Yes, how can this be possible?" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed:
"But in fact, this is what they did. Our Ming Dynasty has been ruined by these civil servants."

Wang Buli nodded. It had to be said that Yu Shaobao's effort to turn the tide had indeed set a great example for the rise of civil service power.

At this time, the Mongols were dealing with the border generals in the name of the captured emperor.

However, these border generals received instructions that future negotiations must be based on "the country's priority" and that orders issued in the name of the emperor should be rejected.

A border general then reported that Yesen planned to marry his sister to the emperor and escort the emperor back to Beijing to resume the throne.

In short, the court had just gotten rid of its anger by getting rid of Wang Zhen's remnants, and then something unexpected happened again with Yesen.

Yu Qian, who had been promoted to the Minister of War, was not idle. Some of the civil and military officials were old, weak and cowardly, and could not shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting and defending against the Tatars.

Therefore, Yu Qian immediately carried out a major replacement and reorganization, actively identifying and recommending a group of talented civil and military officials to fill various central and local departments in preparation for Yesen's impending attack.

(End of this chapter)