Starting with his deathbed remonstrance to Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperors were brought to their knees.

Li Qing chuckled, kicked open the second wooden box, reached in and took out all the contents.

You can vaguely see that it is a broken wooden bow with a broken string and split into several pieces.

Then, Li Qing threw it back into the ranks of the generals, and it landed right at Lan Yu's feet.

Lan Yu glanced down at the things at her feet, her lips twitched, and she didn't dare to utter a sound.

"This second box contains weapons for military households!"

Li Qing pointed to the wooden bow that had broken into several pieces and mocked:

"You set the rule that three parts should be used for defending the city and seven parts for farming, but when it came to the officers, it became ten parts for farming and zero parts for training soldiers!"

These military households serve as slaves to their officers before dawn, rarely handling weapons more than three times a year and never practicing battle formations!

With this piece of junk and these farmers who can't even wield a knife properly, how can you expect them to fight against nomadic cavalry raised on horseback?

Don't be ridiculous! When facing the enemy, these guys are useless except for feeding kills!

You're not raising an army! You're raising live targets for the enemy!

Zhu Yuanzhang's chest heaved violently as he listened, and he trembled with rage. His eagle eyes were fixed on Li Qing, and he wished he could tear the boy apart on the spot.

But he couldn't refute it. Every single thing Li Qing said hit the nail on the head regarding the garrison system, leaving him no room to retort.

"You! Keep driving! Let's see what other nonsense you can spout!"

Zhu Yuanzhang squeezed out these words through gritted teeth, his voice filled with barely suppressed murderous intent.

"What's the rush? The best stuff is yet to come."

Li Qing cheerfully picked up the third wooden box and opened it in front of everyone. Inside was only a yellowed military household registration certificate.

He held up the official document, waved it around in front of the entire court, and finally shoved it directly into the face of the Minister of War:

"Look at this! This third box is called 'The Tragic End of a Military Household'!"

In this family, the grandfather died in battle at Poyang Lake, the father froze to death on the farmland, the eldest son died on the battlefield during the Northern Expedition, the second son was captured and beheaded after fleeing, and only an eight-year-old child was left, who will have to be sent to the border to die next year in the military!

Li Qing slammed the yellow paper to the ground and looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang again:

"Zhu Chongba! Look at this for yourself! This is the rule you set! Military households are hereditary, and once registered, there will be no hope for advancement for generations to come!"

Born a soldier, die a soldier! Even if you're born disabled, you still have to drag yourself to the border to your death!

"Tyrant! Incompetent ruler! That's exactly what I mean by Zhu Chongba!"

Upon hearing this, all the civil and military officials in the court were terrified and knelt down one after another, not daring to raise their heads.

Finished!

It's completely over!

You dare to say such a thing? Even if Li Qing had ten lives today, it wouldn't be enough to kill you!

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that his vision blurred, and a surge of blood rushed to his head. He abruptly stood up from his dragon throne, pointing at Li Qing, his hand trembling:

"Rebellion! Rebellion! You're really asking for it! Men! Chop this madman down!"

Ah, it's just beheading? That's not enough!

Li Qing was somewhat dissatisfied, but with this level of reward, his reward wouldn't be much!

"etc!"

He quickly shouted and raised his hand to stop the Imperial Guards rushing towards him.

Then he picked up the last and smallest wooden box and weighed it in his hand.

"Your Majesty, please don't rush! The last blind box hasn't been opened yet! This is the grand finale treasure; you definitely won't regret seeing it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared intently at him, his chest heaving violently, managing to suppress his raging fury. He wanted to see what tricks this kid could pull before he died.

"Fine! Let's see what else you can say!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Li Qing slowly lifted the lid of the box.

The box was completely empty, not even a single hair was inside.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, then his anger exploded: "Li Qing! How dare you play tricks on me?!"

"Playing games with you? I don't have time for that."

Li Qing tossed the empty box to the ground, took a step forward, almost reaching the foot of the throne steps, and stared directly at the enraged Zhu Yuanzhang. He spoke each word with a firm, resounding voice:

"This fourth box is called The Empty Shell of the Ming Dynasty!"

The box is empty, just like the future stars of your Ming Dynasty, all of whom were nipped in the bud by this broken system!

This military household system not only blocked the household registration of military households, but also blocked the path to advancement for the entire Ming Dynasty!

You have kept all the talented people in the world out of the military camp, and turned millions of soldiers into serfs of officers!

Within fifty years, the garrisons will be in disarray, and military households will desert; within a hundred years, the border defenses will be weak! By then, your Great Ming will have no soldiers to use!

The flawed system you personally established is a grave you've dug for your Ming Dynasty! A hundred years from now, you won't even have the face to meet those old brothers who fought alongside you to conquer the world!

boom!

Zhu Yuanzhang, his beard and hair bristling, slammed his hand on the chair in anger and roared:

"Spreading heresy and cursing the nation! Guards! Drag this bastard away and skin him alive!!!"

"As you command!"

The Imperial Guards outside the palace rushed in like wolves and tigers, ready to take Li Qing away.

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was trembling and spitting blood in anger on the throne, Li Qing showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, he threw his head back and laughed wildly, his laughter utterly unrestrained.

"Hahahaha! Zhu Chongba! I never intended to go back alive! If you have the guts, wipe out my entire clan!"

Inside the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang watched Li Qing's retreating figure as he was being escorted away. Enraged, he walked downstairs and kicked the boxes away.

Wooden boxes rolled around on the ground, and an empty box stopped right at his feet, stinging his eyes.

The entire court remained kneeling on the ground, not daring to even breathe loudly.

They all knew in their hearts that the most insane, most outspoken, and most arrogant censor of the dynasty had been born!

This guy is really daring to risk his life against the emperor!

Awesome!

"Could there really be a problem with our military household system...?"

After venting his anger, Zhu Yuanzhang slumped back onto his throne, lost in thought.

After all, Li Qing's fearless attitude really shocked him.

This led Zhu Yuanzhang himself to begin to doubt the problems with the system.

As Li Qing was being led to the execution ground, everything went black before his eyes, and he heard a system notification in his ear.

【Ding! 】

[The deathbed remonstrance has been completed, 8500 RMB has been earned, and the player is about to return to the modern era...]

"Skinned? This is another way to die!"

Li Qing sighed, saying that after remonstrating for so long, this was the first time he had encountered such a form of punishment.

There are still five days until the next crossing.

Li Qing decided to go out for a stroll.

I used to be so focused on work that I never even experienced what it was like to go shopping and spend money.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and a flash of white light appeared precisely on time. Li Qing was once again transported to the Hongwu era of the Ming Dynasty.