Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

"It's true. I can testify for Sister Shufei." Zhang Yan's voice sounded outside the door.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao left the palace, he took the cabinet with him and was gone for half a month. Many routine government affairs were handled by Zhang Yan, and only important matters would be delivered to the emperor by express delivery.

She spent these days busy with government affairs and missing her husband.

When she got up early in the morning and heard the palace staff report that His Majesty had returned, she was overjoyed. After washing up, she hurried over.

Zhu Youxiao stood up immediately after hearing this: "The girl is here."

"I see you, Your Majesty."

"No need to be polite, no need to be polite."

Zhang Yan said softly, "Your Majesty, the princess is only three days old. She needs about ten hours of sleep every day. We should not disturb her too much."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he realized that he seemed to have accidentally exposed himself.

After all, Tianqi once had five children, and although none of them lived past one year old, he should still know this common sense.

He quickly patted his forehead and said, "Look how happy I am. I forgot all about this."

Then he turned around and smiled at the little princess, "Little Yanyan, sleep well. Father will come to see you in a few days."

After saying that, he said goodbye to Qingyu and left with Zhang Yan.

In the next two days, apart from handling government affairs in the Yangxin Palace, he would go to the palaces of the empresses to taste grapes, seafood porridge, and tonic soup...

The fighting spirit that I had built up with great difficulty over the past ten days was gone in an instant.

Zhu Youxiao secretly sighed, it is so hard to be an emperor...

In a blink of an eye, it was September 26th.

Whenever a date ends with three, six, or nine, it is the day for the court to go to court.

Today I went to court and the cheers from the audience were over.

First, Li Sunchen, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out to report.

"I, Li Sunchen, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, have a memorial to present!"

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"This morning, my Ministry of Rites received an urgent letter for help from Shandong Yanshenggong."

"It is said that the rebel Li Zicheng has led a large army into Yanzhou Prefecture, burning, killing and looting along the way, and is heading straight for Qufu."

"I request the imperial court to quickly send troops to suppress the bandits, to protect the holy land of Confucianism, and to preserve the bloodline of the saints!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole hall was in an uproar.

Chapter 479 Where do you place Confucius!

In the Huangji Palace, the ministers were discussing in low voices.

"Qufu is the ancestral home of Duke Yansheng, the hometown of the Great Sage and Teacher, and the holy land that Confucian scholars like me yearn for! We must save it!"

"Right, right, right! No matter what the cost, we must protect Qufu and the Duke Yansheng's Mansion! This is the face of all the Confucian scholars in the world!"

"Don't worry. Our Great Ming has always been extremely honorable to the successive Dukes of Yansheng. Your Majesty will definitely not let that bandit destroy the ancestral temple of the saint!"

.......

At this moment, a person suddenly rushed out from the class and knelt on the ground.

When everyone looked, they saw that it was Luo Shangzhong, the current Minister of Taichang Temple.

When Zhu Youxiao saw this person come forward, he couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.

If I remember correctly, this guy seems to be the second son-in-law of the contemporary Duke Yansheng, Kong Yinzhi.

When Zhu Youxiao thought of Kong Yinzhi, he couldn't help but feel murderous.

This guy is really knowledgeable, but he is not a good person.

As soon as the Qing army entered the pass, he was the first to submit a letter of surrender, "Initial Letter", in which he sang praises of the Qing court and used all his brilliant literary talent to flatter the Qing army.

During the Shunzhi reign, the Qing court issued an order to reduce the power of the feudal lords. He led the prestigious members of his clan to shave their heads first, and even submitted a "Head-shaving Memorial" to seek credit...

Fortunately, Tianqi appointed him as the Prince's Grand Tutor, and Chongzhen promoted him to the Prince's Grand Preceptor.

The Ming Dynasty showed such great favor to the Kong family, but he was the first to turn against them.

This is infidelity!

The Qing army massacred countless Ming civilians, but he sang praises for them.

This is unjust!

Although he was full of brilliant articles, he did not follow any of the teachings of the saints.

How unfilial!

Such an unfaithful, unrighteous and unfilial person wants me to save him?

It's impossible. It's impossible in this life!

At this time, Luo Shangzhong had already started howling.

"Your Majesty! Duke Yansheng is in danger. Please send troops to rescue Qufu and wipe out the rebels!"

Zhu Youxiao looked heartbroken and acted in an awkward manner.

"The Japanese pirates are ready to invade our eastern coast. All the troops from the former garrisons have been moved to the coastline for garrison."

"The nine frontier armies cannot be moved lightly. The imperial court has no soldiers to use now. What should we do?"

When the ministers heard what he said, they were speechless.

Zhu Youxiao deliberately looked at Sun Chengzong.

"Mr. Sun, you are the Minister of War. How do you think we should deal with the current situation?"

Sun Chengzong is now a leader among the Donglin Party, and Zhu Youxiao wants to test his attitude towards this matter.

Sun Chengzong was suddenly called out, and his heart skipped a beat.

When he first heard the news that Li Zicheng was attacking Qufu, many things had already entered his mind.

His Majesty has little military skill, and even if an enemy is as powerful as the Jiannu in the north, he can defeat them in just a few months.

If Your Majesty really wanted to wipe out these few rebels, how could he have allowed them to continue to thrive until today?

It can be seen that Your Majesty is deliberately condoning it.

Now, thanks to the hands of rebels, the aristocratic families have been struck, the princes have been weakened, and the only ones who can restrain the court are the Confucian school.

Your Majesty wants to completely eliminate the internal troubles of the Ming Dynasty!

The reputation of Confucius' school has not been very good recently. It has been encouraging officials to go against the court, which is really unpleasant.

Sun Chengzong recalled his original intention of joining the Donglin Party, which was because His Majesty favored eunuchs, and the government was controlled by the eunuch party, causing harm to the country and the people.

He joined the Donglin Party not to claim to be a clean official, but to use its power to overthrow the eunuch party and restore clarity to the Ming Dynasty's politics and ensure the people's safety.

And your Majesty today has inherited the true teachings of Emperor Hongwu. The eunuch party has been firmly under control. He is diligent in his work and loves the people. He has made great achievements in both civil and military affairs. Various reforms that are beneficial to the Ming Dynasty have emerged one after another.

It was Sun Chengzong's great fortune to be able to assist such a wise monarch.

I must not become a corrupt scholar who hinders His Majesty from making great achievements and preventing the Ming Dynasty from enjoying another prosperous era!

No! no way!

Compared with these great achievements, the title of Donglin Party leader is not worth mentioning.

He looked determined and walked out of the class slowly.

Many Confucian officials, including Luo Shangzhong, looked at him expectantly, waiting for him to come up with the best plan to send troops to rescue Duke Yansheng.

But Sun Chengzong bowed respectfully and said solemnly.

"As your majesty said, the activities of Japanese pirates have become increasingly rampant along the eastern coast recently. They may attack the Ming Dynasty at any time. The troops stationed along the coast must not move lightly."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was in an uproar again.

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly, very satisfied, but pretended to be anxious and asked: "In this case, may I ask, old sir, how can we defeat the Shandong bandits?"

Sun Chengzong said: "I ask Your Majesty to grant Duke Yansheng the power to recruit soldiers and build an army!"

"I believe that Duke Yansheng has great prestige and great merits. He will definitely be able to recruit tens of thousands of soldiers and brave men in the shortest possible time to stop the rebels!"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

He is worthy of being the last Great Wall of Iron of the Ming Dynasty. He has a broad mind and his strategies are far beyond the reach of ordinary people.

It's amazing that they could come up with such an irrefutable method.

He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Great! What the old man said is exactly what I want."

"Wei Zhongxian, issue an order immediately!"

Before Wei Zhongxian could respond, Luo Shangzhong started shouting.

"Your Majesty, you must not do this! To save Duke Yansheng, all the guards in Shandong must rush to Qufu to suppress the bandits!"

Luo Shangzhong knew very well what kind of person his father-in-law was. He could fool officials, but the people would not buy his ideas, so how could he recruit many soldiers?

At this time, several more censors jumped out and echoed loudly.

"Your Majesty, what the Minister of the Ministry of Rites said is absolutely true!"

"How could the Duke of Yansheng recruit so many brave soldiers in such a short time?"

"Your Majesty, Duke Yansheng is the top priority for scholars like us in the world, and we cannot afford to let him down!"

"Your Majesty, if anything goes wrong with Duke Yansheng, the people will be uneasy and the whole world will be in turmoil!"

......

Watching these people stand up one by one, what they say becomes more and more outrageous.

Zhu Youxiao's eyes were full of coldness and he slammed the table and stood up.

"Shut up, everyone!"

He pointed at Luo Shangzhong and others and angrily scolded:

"Do you know what you just said?"

"Are you questioning whether the prestige of Duke Yansheng is not enough to mobilize the people in the village?"

"Do you think that the prestige of Duke Yansheng is even lower than that of a traitor?"

"How could a great Duke Yansheng lose to a traitor?"

"You are insulting Duke Yansheng! I won't agree to that!"

Upon hearing this, Prince Xin and Wen Tiren looked at each other and could see admiration in each other's eyes.

There are only two words to describe it: awesome!

Luo Shangzhong and his companions were completely confused. How could words be spoken like this?

However, what awaited them was Zhu Youxiao's even colder voice.

"besides!"

"You just asked me to withdraw the coastal defense and rescue the Kong family with all my strength."

"Do you know how many Korean people were killed when Japan invaded Korea?"

"If the Ming Dynasty had not sent troops, more than half of the Koreans would have died!"

"You actually forced me to withdraw the coastal defense and rescue the Kong family."

"Where do you place Confucius?"

"If Confucius were still alive, would he agree to the safety of the Ming Dynasty in exchange for the survival of his descendants?!"

“Will it?!”

The roar echoed in the hall, the emperor's majesty was fully displayed, and the place suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, who dares to speak?

"Answer me!"