Ming Dynasty: The Jingnan Rebellion has just been successful, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been resurrected

Chapter 156: Bei Yuan opens champagne at halftime, all it takes is to defeat Beiping!
It is no exaggeration to say that Zhu Zhanji's eventual ascension to power was beyond many people's expectations.

He was almost forced to sit on the throne by Zhu Gaochi, which is even more exaggerated than Zhu Yuanzhang passing the throne to Zhu Yunwen.

The consequences of this are obvious.

Zhu Zhanji did not clearly realize how he sat on the throne.

After dealing with his uncle Zhu Gaoxu, the court got out of control and no one took Zhu Zhanji seriously.

If we say that the pressure Zhu Di put on Zhu Gaochi was obvious.

So, what Zhu Gaochi put on Zhu Zhanji was an invisible pressure.

After Zhu Di's death, Zhu Gaochi began to act as he pleased in revenge, but this was based on a prerequisite: he was capable enough.

But Zhu Zhanji was bad.

Zhu Gaochi did not put any pressure on Zhu Zhanji. In fact, in Zhu Zhanji's eyes, Zhu Gaochi was considered to be a "weakling".

This logical error caused Zhu Zhanji to fall directly into a big pit.

When Zhu Gaochi was around, Zhu Zhanji thought he was very capable!

Now that Zhu Gaochi is gone, he feels frustrated everywhere.

At this time, he realized Zhu Gaochi's ability and also realized why Zhu Gaochi did not kill Zhu Gaoxu after he ascended the throne.

But by this time, it was too late.

Zhu Zhanji chose to give up.

If the generals are disobedient, then the Ming Dynasty's front lines will be withdrawn.

Annan is difficult to deal with, we lost it!
There was trouble in the north and it was lost!
Moreover, he found a perfect excuse for his behavior: the Ming Dynasty needed to recuperate and develop peacefully.

Although Zhu Zhanji's abilities were mediocre, he at least followed Zhu Di for a period of time, and was also trained by Zhu Di.

Can anyone who has worked with Zhu Di say the word peace?

Only a ghost can believe it!
The real reason why Zhu Zhanji did all this was that he didn't want his military generals to achieve merit.

Since the generals are out of control, they will be eliminated.

It's that simple.

The civil officials in the court saw through Zhu Zhanji's behavior but did not say anything. In fact, they were extremely happy and took the initiative to help Zhu Zhanji suppress the military generals.

Many people who study Ming history regard Tumu Fort as an important turning point in the Ming Dynasty.

This is normal. After the Battle of Tumu, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty completely suppressed the military generals.

but.

There must be a cause before there is an effect.

Tumu Fort can be seen as the result, so what about the cause?
Cause and effect, the cause comes first and the effect comes later.

Therefore, if one wants to find out how the civil officials can suppress the military generals, one has to go back to before Tumu Fort.

This cause was laid by Zhu Zhanji.

From a certain perspective, this reason is also related to Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu’s connections in the military were too solid.

Zhu Zhanji killed Zhu Gaoxu, but he did not dare to carry out a large-scale purge in the army like Zhu Yuanzhang did, because if he did so, the generals in the army might rebel in the name of Zhu Gaoxu.

However, Zhu Zhanji was indeed wary of the generals in the army.

After much deliberation, Zhu Zhanji finally chose to reduce the number of his generals and use civil officials to suppress the military generals.

A military general in troubled times.

A civil official in a prosperous era.

Zhu Zhanji accepted a stable Ming Dynasty, so the civil officials had more say in the court.

Many people have heard this saying.

You will be outside, and your orders will not be accepted.

This sentence clearly explains the rights of military generals. Only when they lead troops to fight outside do their rights become the greatest.

In the court, military generals are like toothless tigers, their strength far inferior to that of civil officials.

Moreover, the civil officials at this time also had the help of Emperor Zhu Zhanji.

The generals were suppressed.

Zhu Zhanji breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, Zhu Zhanji encountered new troubles.

While helping Zhu Zhanji suppress the military generals, the civil officials began to seize power and became powerful in the court.

Zhu Zhanji was dumbfounded.

There are arrogant and brave generals in the army.

There are also powerful officials in the court.

The people Zhu Gaochi left to Zhu Zhanji were very capable, but while these people were very capable, they were also very ambitious.

Zhu Zhanji had no way to accept the powerful ministers left to him by Zhu Gaochi.

In particular, a series of events such as killing Zhu Gaoxu and suppressing military generals made these powerful officials completely see Zhu Zhanji's immaturity.

suddenly.

Zhu Zhanji felt that he was losing control of the court.

At first he was terrified and angry, but gradually, he simply chose to give up.

At this point, the first emperor who gave up on his own appeared in the Ming Dynasty.

As the eunuch was Zhu Zhanji's companion, Zhu Zhanji came up with the idea of ​​recommending the eunuch to take the position in order to disgust the court officials.

In order to gain a firm foothold in the court, the eunuchs chose to win over the military generals.

The eunuchs all knew how to win over the military generals to resist the civil officials, but Zhu Zhanji did not know this. This shows how low Zhu Zhanji's ability was.

in history.

In the end, Zhu Zhanji died of depression and died very early.

His death also resulted in the young Zhu Qizhen not receiving any education, and was thus deceived into leading the army in person.

With hindsight, Zhu Qizhen initially wanted to pursue Zhu Di's glory, but unfortunately, he was fooled.

A fatherless child was not only fooled by court officials, but also by the eunuchs serving him.

In such a situation, do you still expect him to see everything clearly?
This is a bit too much to ask.

Zhu Qizhen's failure was actually doomed from the very beginning.

This Northern Expedition was a collaboration between civil officials and eunuchs, which trampled the military generals who wanted to emerge into the mud and made them unable to rise again.

From then on, the Ming Dynasty's court entered a stage of competition between civil officials and eunuchs. Until the demise of the Ming Dynasty, there were no more scenes of military generals.

Everything.

As a link between the past and the future, Zhu Zhanji has a huge problem.

Zhu Zhanji's life was too smooth.

When Zhu Di was alive, he was protected by Zhu Di.

Zhu Di died and Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne.

As we all know, after being caught in the rain, parents want to hold an umbrella for their children.

This is what Zhu Gaochi did. Since he had experienced high pressure from Zhu Di, he showed great favor to Zhu Zhanji and protected him from danger.

There was nothing wrong with this kind of growth experience.

The only surprise was that Zhu Gaochi died too quickly and he did not have time to teach Zhu Zhanji.

At this time, Zhu Zhanji had obviously not grown up yet and was not a qualified heir.

Zhu Zhanji was ambitious but incompetent at the time.

It was precisely because of this that he made many wrong decisions, digging one deep pit after another for the Ming Dynasty.

Then again.

Zhu Zhanji's mediocrity also served to highlight Zhu Gaochi's excellence. "Did Gaochi convince Seventeen? To help us release Beiping?" Zhu Di was somewhat surprised.

He has always looked down on his eldest son.

He felt that his eldest son was nothing like him. He had neither a healthy body nor the determination to charge into battle and kill the enemy.

In comparison, the second brother Zhu Gaoxu is much more pleasing to the eye and looks very similar to him!

"Not only that, according to the information in the letter, Gao Chi made a very correct decision after the Northern Yuan Dynasty moved south. He blocked the news about the Northern Yuan Dynasty and concealed the news that the situation in our Ming Dynasty is now stable, so as to prevent the Northern Yuan Dynasty from moving south and causing chaos in Liaodong." Zhu Yunheng said with a smile.

"This..." Zhu Di opened his mouth wide.

He knew why the Northern Yuan Dynasty moved south.

He knew what would happen once the Northern Yuan Dynasty knew that the Ming Dynasty had stabilized.

Never imagined.

His son Zhu Gaochi, whom he disliked in every way, actually gave a satisfactory answer to the Northern Yuan Dynasty's southward advance.

If he were in charge, he would not be able to guarantee that he could do it as perfectly as Zhu Gaochi. Of course, if he were in Peking, the Northern Yuan Dynasty would most likely not dare to move south.

"Fourth uncle, Gao Chi is a very talented kid." Zhu Yunheng said softly.

Zhu Di suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and nodded: "Your Majesty is too kind. Gao Chi may just be a coincidence."

"Coincidence? Fourth uncle, if it were you, could you convince Seventeenth Uncle to help defend the city?" Zhu Yunheng said.

Zhu Di was stunned and lowered his head in silence.

If he were in Zhu Gaochi's shoes, he would probably not be able to convince Zhu Quan.

"Gao Chi is far better than you think." Zhu Yunhuan said.

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Yunhuan, feeling somewhat puzzled: "Is the boss really that good?"

Although he did not have much contact with Zhu Yunhuan, he understood some of Zhu Yunhuan's character.

If Zhu Gaochi was not really outstanding, Zhu Yunhuan would never have praised him so repeatedly.

"Dad, His Majesty is right. My eldest brother is actually very powerful." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Although he always yelled at Zhu Gaochi, he was very clear about Zhu Gaochi's abilities.

When it comes to fighting, Zhu Gaochi may not be as good as him, but in other areas, Zhu Gaochi is very capable.

Zhu Di opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

"By the way, Fourth Uncle, Gao Chi is too fat. If you have the chance, you should watch him lose weight." Zhu Yunxun said.

Historically, the reason why Zhu Gaochi died so quickly was definitely related to his obese body.

Once people become too fat, they will develop various problems.

Now that there is an opportunity, the natural thing is to help Zhu Gaochi lose weight.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhu Di nodded.

At this moment, his desire to return to Peking became even stronger.

Not only to go back and defend the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but also to verify Zhu Yunhuan's words. Is his eldest son really that powerful?

He was a little bit unconvinced!

"Fourth Uncle, do you think Uncle Seventeen will fight with you after we get to Peking?" Zhu Yunheng asked.

"Well, I don't think so. Seventeenth brother is not that petty." Zhu Di said embarrassedly.

Of course, even if Zhu Quan wanted to attack him, he would never be able to hurt him.

Beiping was his territory, and he had stayed there for more than ten years. How could he tolerate Zhu Quan running wild?

"Haha!" Zhu Yunhuan smiled.

Immediately, he jumped onto his horse and said, "Get ready to continue on our journey!"

Although Zhu Quan was in charge of Peking, it was difficult for the Northern Yuan Dynasty to capture it.

However, he still had to hurry to Peking.

Beiping was able to stop the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but other cities in Liaodong could not.

Every moment he rests puts the people of Liaodong in greater danger.

"Boom!"

After a short rest, Zhu Yunhuan led his troops and continued on his journey towards Beiping.

Mountain pass.

Bayanchur, Arutai, Mahamu and others led their troops and marched towards Beijing in a mighty force.

"Your Majesty, in another half day, we will be able to reach the sphere of influence of Peking." Aluta's face was full of high spirits.

The journey south was extremely smooth and we encountered no significant resistance.

He was a little nervous at first, but gradually relaxed.

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty just shows that there are big problems within them, and he was right to come south this time.

"Okay, once we take Peking, we can move forward and backward freely!" Ben Yashiri said with a smile.

"Grand Master, news from Peking!" A guard came over with a letter in his hand.

Aluta took the letter and waved to the guards.

The guard bowed and turned to leave.

Aluta took a deep breath, opened the letter, and looked down at the contents.

"Shhhhh!"

Ben Ya Shi Li, Mahamu and others looked at Aluta with serious expressions.

The situation in Peking will determine whether their subsequent siege will be successful.

Although their journey south was very smooth, Peking was the top priority.

If we fail to capture Peking, all the previous successful advances will be in vain.

"Hahaha, God really helps my Northern Yuan Dynasty!" After reading the contents of the letter, Aluta raised his head and laughed.

"what's the situation?"

"Looking like the Grand Master is in such good shape, it seems that taking Peking should not be a problem."

"What's going on in Peking? Why is the Grand Tutor so happy?"

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Everyone looked at Aluta with great curiosity in their hearts.

Of course, they all breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

Seeing Aluta's expression, it was obvious that the letter must contain good news.

"Grand Master, what good news is it? Why don't you tell me?" Ben Ya Shi Li said.

Alutai nodded: "Yes, Khan!"

After saying that, he took a deep breath and said with a smile on his face: "Khan, although Beiping City now has more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, it does not have a single outstanding general. It should not be difficult for us to take Beiping."

"There are no outstanding generals in Peking? Where have all the people gone?" Ben Ya Shi Li was stunned and asked subconsciously.

The next second, he reacted and said, "Zhu Di is so bold as to take all his generals to Yingtian Prefecture?"

"It's not that Zhu Di was too ambitious, but he was too ambitious to compete with Zhu Yunhuan for the throne, and ended up being held captive in Yingtian Prefecture. Beiping should not have even had any troops, but Zhu Yunhuan defeated Zhu Di too quickly, causing the troops dispatched from Beiping to return directly after just a short distance." Aluta said.

Although there were more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Peking, he didn't care much.

As a general who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, he is well aware of the impact that generals have on the combat effectiveness of his troops.

A thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find.

So what if there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Peking? They are just cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, not worth mentioning!
"It seems that Zhu Yunhuan is very powerful?" Ben Yashiri frowned.

In his eyes, Zhu Di was very difficult to deal with, but Zhu Yunhuan was able to defeat Zhu Di easily.

"Maybe, but what's the use of being able to fight? Now all the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty are moving out together, and Zhu Yunhuan is destined to die in the end." Aluta shook his head.

(End of this chapter)