The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 592: Hetao Prison and Gengshu Incident
[Xia Yan, who returned to the post of Prime Minister of the Cabinet, immediately began to rectify the administration of officials. ]

[Central government officials were evaluated and those who failed the test were dismissed.]

[After a purge, a large number of officials were dismissed from their posts. Most of them were Yan Song's cronies.]

[In such a severe storm, Yan Song remained silent. He had no choice but to remain silent.]

[Since Xia Yan came back, the power to draft bills and other matters has been firmly in Xia Yan's hands, and he has become a mere decoration.]

【Since Xia Yan returned to the position of Prime Minister, he was full of ambition and was determined to get rid of the old and start anew.】

[However, due to the long-standing corruption in the officialdom, his actions became more and more serious, and his control over the officials became stronger and stronger. Zhu Houcong, who had already been involved in several literary inquisitions due to the Renyin Palace Coup, began to become suspicious again, but the situation was still under control and the emperor did not take any action.]

[Until the battle to recapture the Hetao area. ]

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Being obedient and understanding is a basic ability of an emperor.

And this doesn’t even count as “listening”.

Liu Che had a stern face and said nothing.

Huo Qubing saw that the emperor had a bad face and looked down at little Liu Ju.

"Is Zhu Houcong holding us back?"

Xiao Liu looked at his cousin who winked at him, thought about it, and nodded vigorously.

'right!'

Wei Zifu glanced over here.

'Stop playing tricks!'

"What are you talking about? Take me with you?"

The three people who were frightened immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

……

Yanhan and Emperor He period
"His martial arts skills should be gone."

Liu Zhao knew it was true at first sight!
He held a copper furnace with a golden pattern of a swallowing beast in his hand and commented:

"Since the Great Ceremony, the emperor's mentality has been fixed at that time."

"What about rituals and Qingci? They are all means to control the court."

"But what did he do after taking control of the court?"

"After twenty years of hard work, his ambitions were shattered by a palace coup."

"This man lacks some of the aura of an emperor after all."

Deng Sui leaned forward to light the incense in the copper stove and covered the stove top. She said softly:

"The emperor is naturally very proud of his success in the war."

“Without failure there would be no progress.”

"The fact that he can control the court balance to this extent also shows that his inner suspicion and ruthlessness are beyond the reach of ordinary people."

"Moreover, the Ming Dynasty has no powerful enemies outside and no powerful factions inside."

"The only opponents we have are these ministers."

Liu Zhao kept repeating the eight words "no strong enemies outside and no powerful factions inside" and sneered.

"The Portuguese are acting like pirates along the border and invading the territory, and local tyrants are colluding with officials to devour the treasury."

"Instead of trying to solve such an urgent problem, they only care about balancing the court, which is a single and useless thing."

"That's all."

The emperor stopped talking and waved his hand.

"So be it."

"I don't think it's for these shady means."

……

[Hetao, an old problem. ]

[Since the Jingtai period of the Ming Dynasty, this has been an old problem that has troubled the Ming Dynasty’s border defense. ]

[During the Chenghua period, Zhu Jianshen recaptured Hetao, but during the Hongzhi period, it was handed over to someone else. ]

[So far, the rich Hetao grasslands have been occupied by the Tatars for a long time, which not only fattens their cavalry and horses but also serves as a springboard for their southward migration.]

[Especially in the 1542th year of Jiajing (), the Tatars who occupied Hetao became the most powerful tribe of Altan Khan in the Mongolian grasslands.]

……

On the canopy.

The Hu cavalry, armed with swords and spears, rushed towards them in a mighty force.

It was like a black cloud moving southward from the northern grassland to cover the border town.

Dark clouds rolled over the border.

Leaving a dark red.

……

[An Da was proficient in military tactics and good at large-scale troop operations. He marched south many times and wreaked havoc on the border. ] [Especially from the 19th to the 21st year of Jiajing, Altan invaded Shanxi three times on a large scale, killing and looting countless soldiers and civilians. ]

[When Yan Song was in power, he basically sat back and did nothing about this issue.]

【Xia Yan took this very seriously. After he was reinstated as the Prime Minister, he immediately selected a powerful figure to serve as the Governor-General of the Three Borders: Zeng Xin. 】

[In July of the 1546th year of the Jiajing reign ( AD), Zeng Xin, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, was appointed governor of the three frontier regions.]

[In August, 30,000 cavalrymen from the Hetao Tatar invaded Yan'an Prefecture and reached Sanyuan and Jingyang.]

[Zeng Xin deployed troops at the border and sent them to attack the enemy camp at night. He won the battle by attacking from both sides, and fought a beautiful field cavalry raid. The morale of the soldiers at the border was also boosted.]

【He also wrote a letter to the emperor saying "Building the Border and Restoring the Encirclement" for this reason. 】

[First, build a border wall from Fugu, Shaanxi to Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia, as a forward post for military attacks.]

[During the three years of building the border wall, we took the time to train 60,000 soldiers.]

[Then, every spring and summer, the troops would advance by land and sea, carrying 50 days' worth of food and wages, and attack the Hetao Tatar tribe's nest.]

[After driving out the enemy, they built fortifications in the area and settled and guarded the border.]

【This solves the problem in one fell swoop. 】

……

Ming Dynasty, Jingtai Period
Zhu Qiyu stood up suddenly, sat down, and stood up again.

Then he went down the stairs and paced back and forth in the hall.

It seems like he has discovered a great achievement that is waving at him...

"Go and invite Yu Qian."

He stood still and looked at the sky.

This great achievement should not be wasted!

……

Ming Dynasty·Chenghua Period
Zhu Jianshen subconsciously calculated an account. It can be said that whether from a military perspective or the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

This decision is quite reliable.

"The only downside is that building a border is a waste of money..."

Zhu Jianshen also thought about building a border.

But just three words...

No Money!
……

[The memorial was submitted, and Xia Yan made the decision on the spot, lobbying Zhu Houcong with all his strength.]

[Once he expressed his stance, other officials followed suit, and the whole government and the people were calling for a fight.]

【Zhu Houcong also agreed to "re-enforce" and ordered Zeng Xian to be in charge. 】

……

｛Zeng Xian, a Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing, was a rare talent with both literary and military skills.｝
{When he was inspecting Liaodong, he encountered a mutiny as soon as he took office, but he did not panic. He used a little trick to capture the ringleader of the mutiny and solved the problem without losing a single soldier.}
{And his relationship with Xia Yan was also particularly close, because Xia Yan's father-in-law Su Gang was a fellow countryman and friend of Zeng Xin.}
{And Zeng Xin was a rare master of military tactics in the mid-Ming Dynasty.}
｛Even in the entire history of China, he was a military pioneer in the large-scale use of firearms.｝
{After taking office as the governor of Sanbian, he organized a large-scale firearms chariot unit and created the original "five-shift shooting method", which divided the firearms soldiers into five rows, and took turns to fire their firearms to kill the enemy.}
{These military explorations had a profound impact on the entire Ming Dynasty's war history, but unfortunately he died in an untimely manner in the end.}
{Except for the early period, the old Taoist priest did not take care of human affairs and work in the later period.}
……

Ming dynasty.

"damn it……"

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but curse.

"Will that bastard not chop him to pieces?"

Queen Ma was unsure for a moment.

But she felt that Lao Zhu's guess was almost right.

Because he and Xia Yan are too close.

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
"Bring this method to the Shenji Camp."

Zhu Di gave the instructions with an expressionless face.

He couldn't smile at all now.

It would be good if the Hetao issue was resolved.

If he killed the person without solving the problem, he couldn't imagine how much criticism would be directed at him in the world!
"Picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons..."

Zhu Laosi didn't understand.

Aren’t you in power to better govern the Ming Dynasty?
Now is it just to be in power for the sake of being in power?
Just a palace coup, and it scared you out of your wits?
I have been through mountains of swords and seas of fire, and I don't know how many times I have been to the King of Hell's house.

"I have decided."

Zhu Gaochi's eyelids twitched and he felt something was wrong!

"The future prince must go to the military camp to gain experience!"

"You are so fragile."

……

Ming Dynasty and Zhengde Period
Zhu Houzhao stretched lazily.

"In the eighth year of Jiajing..."

"Well... not many years."

"Okay, I'll remember this person!"

He looked at the white paper on the table.

There are some names on it.

……

In May of the 1547th year of Jiajing (), Zeng Xin once again led his army to attack the Hetao Tatar tribe, forcing the Tatars to flee north and take refuge north of the Yellow River.

【Zhu Houcong commended. 】

[In November, Zeng Xin met with the governors and generals of Shaanxi, Yansui, and Ningxia to discuss the strategy of "re-encirclement".]

【Zhu Houcong said that he had always been worried about the Hetao, but he had put it on hold because he had never had an important official who could take on the task. Now he needs to consult with all departments to determine the implementation plan before formulating a "recovery" strategy.】

[Zeng Xin is pressing forward step by step, advancing triumphantly all the way. ]

[On the second day of the first lunar month in the 1548th year of Jiajing (), Zhu Houcong suddenly issued an imperial edict, questioning his ministers whether it was the best time to recapture Hetao? Whether the military supplies were sufficient and whether they would succeed.]

[On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Zhu Houcong issued another shocking edict, asking if people would be willing to bear the hardship of fighting a war.]

……

Tang Xuanzong Period
"really……"

Li Longji had an expression on his face that was not unexpected to me.

"This person has never thought about really recovering the Hetao area."

“He’s fishing.”

……

Great Song.

Zhao Kuangyin looked familiar.

"Isn't this a big deal?"

While fighting in the front, the emperor in the rear was holding back.

"Why don't you learn well?"

……

[This incident was caused by Yan Song, who took advantage of Xia Yan's insistence on "restoring the system" to frame him, accusing Zeng Xin of provoking the border and causing trouble for the country.]

【Zhu Houcong was furious.】

【Minister of War Wang Yiqi reorganized the court discussion and believed that the system should not be "re-established".】

【So Zhu Houcong dismissed Xia Yan as the Prime Minister, arrested Zeng Xin and brought him to the capital, and appointed Wang Yiqi as the governor of the three border military affairs. The ministers who agreed with the "re-establishment of the system" were punished and their salaries were taken away. The "re-establishment of the system" was thus terminated. 】

[It is sad that when the Jinyiwei arrived at the front to arrest Zeng Xin, Zeng Xin had just penetrated deep into the Hetao area to attack the Tatar tribe and had just won a great victory.]

[It just so happened that Qiu Luan, the general of Gansu and Marquis of Xianning, had been escorted to Beijing because of impeachment by Zeng Xin. Yan Song used Qiu Luan, Zeng Xin and Xia Yan's relationship to impeach Zeng Xin for associating with the imperial attendants.]

[The Ming Dynasty's border commanders who colluded with central government officials were doomed to die. Once this crime was proven, there was no hope for anyone.]

[On March 1548, the th year of Jiajing (), Zeng Xin was executed and his children were exiled.]

[On the second day of April, Xia Yan, who had been dismissed from office and returned home, was also arrested and taken to the capital.]

[On the second day of October, he was executed in Xishi, and his wife and children were exiled.]

[This unjust case is the "Hetao Prison"]

[In the 1550th year of Jiajing (), Altan Khan sent an envoy to trade but was rejected, and then he launched a cavalry raid.]

[On August 14, Altan Khan captured Gubeikou and took advantage of the situation to march southwards, looting Huairou and Shunyi. The Ming army collapsed at the first blow, and the Tatar army marched straight in, setting up camps in Yinghe Gushan, Rukou and other places in the middle of the night. The central government of the Ming Dynasty was shocked, and martial law was imposed in the capital.]

[After 20 days of harassment, they agreed to open a horse market with Altan Khan, and then left triumphantly, loaded with looted people, money and food.]

[This great humiliation is known in history as the "Gengshu Incident"]

(End of this chapter)