Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 128: We are born from the same roots, so why rush into each other!
Forbidden City.

Hongde Hall.

Zhu Youtang sat on the dragon throne, staring at the candlelight beside him, in a daze.

The young eunuch who had come out of the palace to invite someone walked quickly into the Hongde Hall and reported softly, "Your Majesty, Lord Liu invited you here. He invited you to the residence of Prime Minister Xu."

Zhu Youtang came back to his senses and glanced at the young eunuch: "Let him in."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The young eunuch left Hongde Hall, and then Liu Jian walked in with his head lowered. He quickly walked up to Zhu Youtang and knelt down to salute.

"Your humble servant Liu Jian pays respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Youtang looked at Liu Jian expressionlessly: "Lord Liu, it's so late, why are you still in Lord Xu's house? What are you discussing?"

Liu Jian was shocked and took a deep breath, his mind was in turmoil.

In just a few breaths, several different explanations flashed through Liu Jian's mind.

Zhu Youtang, sitting on the dragon throne, looked at Liu Jian expressionlessly, waiting for his reply.

Liu Jian didn't have much time to think.

Sweat oozed from Liu Jian's forehead and he felt under tremendous pressure in his heart.

In this eventful winter, if you said something wrong in front of Zhu Youtang, the consequences might be something he could not bear.

Liu Jian, who has always been cautious, trusted his judgment gained over many years as an official at a critical moment.

"I...I am in Prime Minister Xu's study, discussing how to bury the two deposed empresses after their sudden death."

"This... ugh!"

"This is really too sudden. I never expected that the two deposed queen mothers would commit suicide..."

"Your Majesty, please be patient and don't hurt the dragon's body!"

Liu Jian shed tears in grief and even began to care about Zhu Youtang's health.

In the end, he did not choose the statement Xu Pu taught him, but instead selectively told what had just happened.

They were indeed discussing the death of the two deposed empress dowagers, but they were not discussing how to bury them, but whether to impeach Zhu Youtang.

Now Liu Jian has made it clear that he does not have the courage to impeach Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang looked at Liu Jian deeply and said, "Lord Liu, you are a smart man. I am relieved to leave the funerals of the two deposed empresses to you."

"I summoned you here this time for this very matter."

Liu Jian did not dare to neglect and quickly accepted the order: "Yes, Your Majesty."

But after receiving the order, Liu Jian felt a little embarrassed because he really couldn't grasp the specifications of the funeral.

Is it according to the standards of the Empress Dowager?

Or is it according to the standards for concubines?

Or, why not just use civilian standards?
Liu Jian did not dare to make a decision on his own, so he had to bear the pressure and ask, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the specifications of this funeral..."

Fortunately, Zhu Youtang was not an emperor who liked to play riddles.

Zhu Youtang issued a clear decree: "No posthumous title shall be given to him, and he shall not be buried with Emperor Xianzong."

"Buried in the Jinshan Concubine Mausoleum with the ceremony of an ordinary concubine."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

With Zhu Youtang's clear instructions, Liu Jian felt much more at ease.

Liu Jian didn't dare to ask any more questions. He just took the order and left without staying in Hongde Hall for any longer.

The next day, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works were immediately asked to do as Zhu Youtang wished.

However, Liu Daxia's impeachment letter was never handed over to Zhu Youtang.

In the following days, except for the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites which were busy, the entire capital city fell into an eerie calm.

Not a single memorial impeaching Zhu Youtang was sent to the Imperial Household Department.

Such an event that was big enough to cause a sensation in the court and the country was suppressed under the influence of Zhu Youtang's past prestige!
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Northwest grasslands.

Aksu City.

Ahama Khan and his personal troops who fled from Gaochang City finally traveled a distance of 1,800 miles and saw the gate of Aksu City.

The moment they saw the city of Aksu, Ahama Khan and the soldiers around him all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great Khan, Aksu City is right before our eyes. Let's go into the city quickly!"

Yalan turned around and said to Ahama Khan beside her.

Ahama Khan looked at the Aksu city in front of him. After the initial excitement wore off, he was filled with homesickness.

Yalan seemed to see Ahama Khan's hesitation and spoke again: "Khan, don't hesitate, go in quickly!"

Ahama Khan knew that the situation was stronger than the person, so he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and suppressed the negative emotions in his heart.

When he opened his eyes again, he seemed to have returned to the time when he was Ahem Khan commanding an army of 100,000.

"Everyone, get into the city!"

Ahama Khan pulled the reins and walked towards Aksu City first.

Behind him, three thousand personal soldiers followed closely.

Aksu City is much larger than Gaochang City. During the Western Han Dynasty, Aksu City was the former site of Gumo Kingdom.

It has been ruled by various powers including Kucha, Rouran, Turkic, Tibetan and Western Liao, and has surrendered to the central dynasty several times before regaining independence.

Until the time of Genghis Khan, the city of Aksu became the territory of the Chagatai Khanate until now.

As soon as Ahama Khan and his entourage of more than 3,000 soldiers, all wearing armor and carrying soldiers, appeared around Aksu City, a scout reported their whereabouts to Mahamu Khan. When Mahamu Khan knew that his brother had arrived in Aksu City with 3,000 elite soldiers, he looked solemn, as if he was facing a powerful enemy.

He didn't know yet that Gaochang City of the Turpan Khanate had been captured by the Ming army.

Thanks to the Golden Family’s fine tradition of fratricide, Mahamukhan’s first reaction was that his younger brother was going to deal with him.

He did not forget the reason why he was able to inherit the throne of the Great Khan of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and settle in the city of Aksu.

That's because his father, Yunus Khan, came here with a large army, killed his cousin, and captured the city of Aksu.

It is hard to say whether Ahama Khan had no intention of emulating Yunus Khan.

As the saying goes, "nip problems in the bud" and "strike first to gain the advantage", Mahamukhan had to prepare for the worst in advance.

"What on earth is Ahema doing here with his troops in Aksu City?!"

Mahamu Khan immediately convened a war meeting with the generals of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and became furious at the meeting.

"Does he want to emulate his father and unify the Eastern Chagatai Khanate?!"

"If he dares to have such a rebellious idea, I will make sure he never returns!"

"Call the warriors of the Khanate and march out of the city to meet the enemy!"

"call!"

With Mahamu's order, the generals of Eastern Chagatai immediately summoned their brave warriors, got ready to go and prepare to meet the enemy.

Mahamu Khan even put on his military uniform, climbed up the city wall and personally supervised the battle.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate treated the situation with intention. When Mahamu Khan saw Ahmad Khan leading his troops towards Aksu City, he immediately gave orders.

"All troops attack, and inflict heavy damage on the enemy!"

"call!"

Muhammad Shaybani, the first general of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, roared and led his troops to attack.

Shibani was a descendant of Genghis Khan's eldest son Jochi, and the eighth-generation grandson of Jochi's fifth son Shibani.

After the death of his grandfather Abu Hail, he went into exile.

Finally, he joined Mahamu's army, served him as a soldier, and made great contributions.

Mahamu was very satisfied with him, so he promoted him to the first general of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

in history.

With the help of Mahamu Khan, Shaybani quickly became powerful.

Subsequently, Shaybani captured the city of Bukhara, destroyed the Timurid Khanate, and established the Bukhara Khanate.

The Timurid Khanate was established on the basis of the Western Chagatai Khanate after the destruction of the Western Chagatai Khanate.

And this Bukhara Khanate is now Uzbekistan.

After Shaybani Khan established the Bukhara Khanate, he immediately invaded Mahamu Khan's Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

Mahamu Khan asked his younger brother Ahmad Khan for help. Ahmad Khan brought his young son Sayyid to help Mahamu Khan. As a result, the two brothers and Sayyid were captured.

Shaybani Khan soon released them. Not long after they returned to the Turpan Khanate, Ahmad Khan died and was succeeded by Mansur.

Mahamu Khan was given part of the territory of the Turpan Khanate and became a vassal of Shaybani Khan.

After Ahmad's son Sayyid Khan established the Yarkand Khanate, he invaded Mahamu Khan's territory.

Mahamu Khan fled to the Bukhara Khanate and asked Shaybani Khan for help, but was eventually executed by Shaybani Khan.

The relationship among the Golden Family of the Mongol Khanate was so chaotic.

Sometimes they fought, sometimes they made peace, and sometimes they executed people. They had no idea what a ruler is, a minister is, a father is, and a son is. They only knew that since they had the blood of the Golden Family, they could establish a Khanate and call themselves the Great Khan.

Their chaotic inheritance method led to countless wars of varying sizes in the hundreds of years after the establishment of the Mongol Empire.

In the end, it was the ordinary Mongols who suffered.

This also explains why countless Mongolians enthusiastically joined the army and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty after Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty.

These surrendered Mongols were the predecessors of the Three Thousand Camps, helping the Ming Dynasty to kill the remnants of the Golden Family on the grasslands.

hate it!

The hatred of ordinary Mongolians towards the Golden Family is just as great as that of the Han people at the end of the Yuan Dynasty!
Closer to home.

Shaybani led 5,000 warriors of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and attacked Ahmad Khan.

Looking at the aggressive and murderous army of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, Ahama Khan was numb.

Just out of the wolf's den, and into the tiger's den!
They are born from the same roots, why rush each other?

Ahama Khan had no choice but to lead his personal soldiers and rise up in resistance.

"Stop! Stop it all!"

"We're not here to cause trouble! We're here to ask for help!"

"Stop it all!"

"..."

Ahama Khan shouted urgently, trying to clarify his purpose and stop this inexplicable fight.

But with thousands of troops fighting, no one cared about what he was saying except the personal soldiers around him.

On Ahama Khan's side, in order not to further anger the people of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, he was more restrained in his actions, only taking action to protect himself, not with the intention of hurting anyone.

But Xibani was much more ruthless. Every blow he made went straight to the vital points, and he quickly took away several lives.

Ahama Khan looked at his soldiers falling down around him, his eyes turned red and his heart was bleeding with pain!

(End of this chapter)