Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

Annan, this is undoubtedly a regrettable history of China.

Because the Hu family's regime in Annan harassed the Ming Dynasty border, Taizong Zhu Di was furious and sent Zhang Fu to lead an army to attack Annan, and then changed Annan to the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi for direct rule.

It was just that the Ming Dynasty mistakenly adopted the Confucian governance model. The civil servant Huang Fu served as the chief envoy and inspector of Jiaozhi with the title of Shangshu. He served as an official in Jiaozhi for nineteen years.

During his nineteen years in office, this Confucian official tried his best to promote Confucian education, restrained the army from disturbing the people, worked hard to provide relief to the victims, and was determined to be a moral gentleman for the local people.

However, Huang Fu's benevolent governance did not change the fact that local productivity was low. The livelihood of local people could not be effectively guaranteed. After all, reading books from sages really cannot fill their stomachs.

The descendants of the Li regime and the Chen regime got a chance to breathe. While Huang Fu and other officials promoted Confucianism, they quietly beguiled the people to accumulate strength.

Although the eunuch who arrived to guard Jiaozhi realized that the people here were dissatisfied with the rule, it was already too late, and the rebellion had already become a climate.

Facts have proved that the only one who can be moved by Confucian teachings is himself. Facing the fangless government, under the leadership of Li Li, many people joined in this feast of robbery and rebellion.

Faced with Jiaozhi's continuous defeat in the war, the Ming Dynasty also took tough measures and immediately sent Chengshan Hou Wang Tong to suppress it.

It turned out that this was another wrong move. It was true that Wang Tong was the true son of Duke Ning, but he was actually a coward. When facing Li Li, he secretly sent someone to promise to beg for Li Li's title.

In the end, the Ming garrison suffered successive defeats, and Wang Tong even chose to form an alliance with Li Li, and then withdrew from Annam without permission.

As for the captured Huang Fu, he was also released by Li Li and sent troops to Yunnan.

Huang Fu's good reputation as an official in Annan for many years did not help the Ming Dynasty to suppress the rebellion. Instead, he took the initiative to hand over the gold and silver he carried to the public, saying that it was a gift from the rebels.

When the matter reached the court, Huang Fu was resolutely promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Although Wang Tong was convicted, he was successfully sued by the civil service group in the end, but the blame was laid by Ma Qi, the eunuch who had been in office for two years with a "sudden change of words." Sent to jail for the crime.

In the eyes of those in power, as long as he does not take the initiative to cause trouble, Le Li will definitely be an obedient citizen.

Since the civil servant group had already gained power at that time, and they longed to share the blessings of peace, there were voices in the court begging for Le Li's title.

The wise ministers Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong had a high reputation in the court. They jointly proposed that the Ming Dynasty withdraw its troops from Annan, canonize Li Li as King of Annan, and recognize the independence of Annan.

The person in power at that time was no longer Taizong Zhu Di. If Taizong had been in power, he would probably have killed these two wise ministers on the spot.

Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty had just succeeded to the throne two years ago. He chose to rely on important ministers with virtuous reputations such as Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong for national affairs, so he decided to give Li Li a title.

At this point, the Ming court hired the wrong person, and because of a group of wise ministers begging for titles for Li Li, this territory once again separated from China.

Every time Zhu Youtang thought about this, he felt resentful in his heart and could not calm down for a long time.

This is also a helpless result. The civil servant group has always longed for the blessing of peace, and what they care about is whether they can be their wives and their children, and their reputation after death.

For example, after Huang Fu's death, Yingzong never gave him a posthumous title, and the ministers began to talk about injustice. Until Xianzong came to the throne, Xianzong, who was not sure why, gave Huang Fu a posthumous title of Taibao, the posthumous title "Zhongxuan".

Facts have proved that what the civil service group yearns for is actually a hypocritical peace, and its essence is an ostrich mentality of compromising to evil forces.

Although the Ming Dynasty compromised and granted Li Li a title, it also ignited the war in Indochina.

The Le Dynasty has always been proud of "defeating" the Ming Dynasty, and their domestic resources are indeed limited, so they embarked on a path of external expansion by force.

The Le Dynasty maintained a standing army of 100,000. It not only invaded small countries or regions such as Champa, Laos, Cambodia and Malacca in the south, but also demanded huge tributes from them.

Although the Li Dynasty accepted the baptism of Confucian culture, it was actually military generals who were in charge, and they always pursued a predatory ruling ideology, and some of their practices were even more sensational.

For example, after invading the capital of Kyoto, the Le Dynasty army massacred 60,000 residents, drove away all the remaining rural residents, and then immigrated its own citizens.

It was through this cruel fighting method that the Le Dynasty's territory extended from the east coastline of Indochina to Malacca. This was also the reason why Le Quang Du once dared not to take the Ming Dynasty seriously.

The current King of Annam, Le Thanh Tong, is the grandson of Le Loi, and he can indeed be called a leader of the ZTE.

It was just that in the early years, it was still possible to "conquer personally", but now it is accustomed to living a life of luxury and luxury, and its ambitions have become smaller, so the expansion to the south has gradually stopped.

Compared with the land in the south, the land in Ming Dynasty is naturally more fertile. After all, China's water conservancy is more perfect, and the inland land is less affected by typhoons, which undoubtedly makes it more attractive.

In recent years, the Li Dynasty has been eyeing the territory on the border of the Ming Dynasty, and has continuously sent envoys to get in touch with the chieftains in Guangxi.

Due to geographical and historical relationships, many Guangxi Tusi branches are in Annan, resulting in a good communication bridge between the two.

Li Shengzong was not an old fool. Even if his battles in the south were invincible, it would still be difficult to challenge the Ming Dynasty with only the 100,000 troops under his command.

Although the Li Dynasty did not take the initiative to invade, there were endless provocations. For example, the military households of the Li Dynasty seized the land of civilians in Longzhou, Shangfanggang and other places in Guangxi, while lawsuits on the Yunnan border also emerged one after another.

However, in the face of Annan's small provocative actions, border officials usually chose to keep things quiet, making the Le Dynasty the party that benefited.

However, in this year's tribute incident, Annan was slapped hard by the Ming court.

Because Li Guangdu left the capital privately with contraband of the Ming Dynasty and committed treason by killing the emperor's own soldiers, he was executed by Ling Chi in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Although this verdict was a matter of course in the Ming Dynasty, when the matter was reported back to Annan, it immediately aroused a high war mood among the Le Dynasty military.

At that time, Li Shengzong and Li Sicheng sent generals to gather troops on the border of Guangxi. However, the arrogance that had been bewitched by the main war faction earlier had slowly calmed down, but he knew that taking this step would probably lead to an abyss.

Not to mention that the territory of the Li Dynasty now needs to be divided and garrisoned. Even if he summons a hundred thousand troops from the whole country to invade the Ming Dynasty, there is actually not much chance of winning.

In Annan, you can still rely on the geographical advantage to deal with the Ming army. If you enter the hinterland of Guangxi, what can you rely on?

Although Li Sicheng finally backed down, the main militant faction of the Li Dynasty was still sharpening its sword. Not only did it frequently harass the Ming Dynasty's border, but recently it also repeatedly pretended to be pirates and looted pearling ships.

The lights are bright, and the entire Dongnuan Pavilion is as bright as day.

Zhu Youtang listened to the patter of rain in the courtyard outside, and a strong murderous intent flashed in his eyes at this moment.

Since it was previously suspected that Annan was pretending to be a pirate and robbed the pearl boat, the local Jin Yiwei and the guarding eunuch were ordered to focus on investigating Annan's actions in recent years.

I originally thought that the most heinous thing about Annan was that this group of people had robbed their own pearl fishing boat, but I didn't know it until I checked. I was really shocked when I checked.

Two years ago, the Chieftain of Longzhou captured a group of Li Dynasty people who crossed the border and looted the village and handed them over to the Longzhou Prefectural Government. As a result, the Li Dynasty Crown Prince Li Chu personally led people to besiege the city. The Longzhou Governor chose to settle the matter and let the group go.

If it was just one incident, there were actually many incidents of Li Dynasty troops sieging the city, and incidents of Li Dynasty troops looting Ming villages occurred from time to time. As for the conflicts between Li Dynasty troops and border residents, there were no less than a hundred incidents.

The results of it? All these matters were suppressed by the local officials, or the documents submitted did not receive the attention of the court.

Zhu Youtang found that he had underestimated Li Chao's aggressive behavior. Not to mention all the grudges in the past, Li Chao's current behavior was already unforgivable.

It's okay to own your own beads, but if you invade your own Ming Dynasty territory and massacre your own Ming Dynasty people, then you can only use their heads as a memorial.

Zhu Youtang rolled his sleeves, splashed his pen and ink, and decided to write a letter to Wang Yue, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. The content only contained two short words: Prepare for war.

The rain outside is gradually getting lighter, but it is not like the rain has passed, but it is like using time in silence to brew an unprecedented storm and rain to fall on the land of Annan.

A bell rang softly, and a beautiful lady wearing a purple dress came.

Fan Jinling's facial features are exquisite, the two eyebrows drawn are slender and attractive, and the beautiful eyes are like autumn water, adding a kind of charm to her whole body.

She came over with a bowl of chicken soup and looked at Zhu Youtang who was seriously handling government affairs under the lamp. Her eyes couldn't help showing gentle love, but she couldn't help but let out a sigh in her heart.

Although it can be said that she has taken a big step from being a palace maid responsible for the emperor's daily life to becoming the current Lian Meiren, not to mention that she is now one of the two most favored women by the emperor today.

It's just that people are inevitably greedy. It's not that she wants to pursue a higher status, but seeing the three hundred beauties entering the palace tomorrow, she will undoubtedly lose a lot of time with the emperor in the future.

"Who made the soup tonight? The heat is just right this time and it's quite delicious!" Zhu Youtang realized that it was late, so he drank the thick soup that had just been delivered and praised it.

Before Fan Jinling could speak, the palace maid next to her summoned up the courage to say, "This is because Lian Mei wrote down all the steps and watched Liu Yidao's apprentice follow them, and she was still staring at him!"

"Lian Meiren, just leave this kind of thing to them from now on!" Zhu Youtang took another spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth, liking the taste of this soup very much.

"I'm afraid I won't have such a chance! The three hundred goblins will enter the palace tomorrow, and I don't know if they can come to Qing Palace again!" Fan Jinling carefully observed Zhu Youtang's reaction and deliberately pretended to be pitiful.

"So you have to behave well tonight. I like little goblins, not vinegar pots!" Zhu Youtang encouraged lightly while eating a sweet chicken.

Fan Jinling licked her sexy lower lip, which was her strong point after all.

After today's heavy rain, the dark clouds have slowly dispersed, and a white full moon appears in the night sky.

The entire capital has become quiet this time, as if a girl is sleeping deeply, and the lights in the Qianqing Palace located in the center of the Forbidden City have obviously become much dimmer.

A small tabby cat meowed. It had cleaned up the mice here and was lying lazily on a pillar.

Deep in the Qianqing Palace, a golden bell rang in a room on the second floor at night.

Thinking of Annan's various transgressive behaviors over the years, Zhu Youtang was indeed in a bad mood tonight.

After such a long period of governance, although the Ming Dynasty is still far from its prosperity, the salt administration of the Ming Dynasty has been improved and substantial progress has been made in clearing the land.

The results of it? A little Annan was still so restless. Not only did he steal his own Nanzhu, but he also intended to invade the Ming Dynasty's territory.

Although they have not occupied much land over the years, how can I, a dignified Chinese iron-blooded man, be so cowardly?

Even if the mountains and rivers are small, Annan's blood will flow into a river.

Fan Jinling bit her lower lip tightly and realized that Zhu Youtang seemed to be taking medicine tonight. She couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly realized that it was a wise move to pull Qingyue over.

Zhu Youtang did not show mercy tonight, but gritted his teeth silently.

Although he was very angry about Annan's actions in recent years, he did not completely lose his mind, and he also understood the importance of military logistics.

The reason why the Aegis battalion he sent could only attack the Jianzhou Jurchens was because the Liaoyan Kaizhong method had been completely destroyed and the Liaodong granary was empty.

If there is not enough food supply, no matter how brave the army is, once it is in a situation of running out of ammunition and food, all soldiers are likely to die in battle.

This is why I hate the Jianzhou Jurchens, but I still choose Liu Xuan, who has no obvious military ability, to complete the sacred mission of consolidating the Liaodong granary.

Even if he wanted to launch an army against Annan now, he would have to prepare enough food in the southwest so that he could have enough capital to support his army to march into Thang Long City.

Fan Jinling bit her lower lip tightly, tears welling up in her beautiful eyes.

She raised her pink fist like a reflex, but in the end she didn't dare to land it on the man's chest, but she could only endure it silently.

At this moment, all her vixen skills seemed to be useless, and she was the only one who was bullied, but she was in pain...and happy.

Early the next morning, the Xuanwu Gate in the north of the Forbidden City slowly opened.

Three hundred beauties looked at the royal gate in front of them. Under the leadership of the female officer in front, they walked into the most magnificent palace in the world with complicated emotions.

They continued to move forward, which was the Shunzhen Gate of Gonghouyuan, which means "respectful and chaste".

The buildings in the garden are centered around the courtyard of Qin'an Hall, but unlike the southern area, which is full of century-old locust trees, the northern area is obviously filled with more flowers and plants, and has a magnificent garden pavilion.

Even a beautiful lady from a well-known family hopes to come to the viewing pavilion to enjoy the scenery when she has free time.

The show girls who have been able to come here all know the rules. Although some people can't help but look around with the corner of their eyes, most of the show girls still lower their heads silently and follow the female officials.

When we arrived at the southern area of ​​Gonghouyuan, we saw the Kunning Gate in front of us.

The reality is cruel. Among the three hundred beautiful girls, only one can enter the Kunning Palace and become the empress of the Ming Dynasty.

But now no one is qualified to enter from Kunning Gate. Three hundred beauties and female officials entered the West Sixth Palace area from the west gate of Qiongyuan, but the palaces here are now empty.

They just passed through the palace road here, and then went all the way north to the West Fifth Palace of Qianqing Palace, which was located north of the West Sixth Palace.

Each one has three courtyards in the north and south, and 300 beautiful women will live in five courtyards.

The West Fifth Palace of Qianqing Palace is not too far from Renshou Palace. Once you enter the palace, it is no longer a matter of distance, but determined by their status.

"According to the decree of the Queen Mother, all the beautiful ladies will start learning the palace rules, memorizing the training for women, and copying the Five Classics from now on. The Gong Zheng, the Chief of the Palace, the Shang Yi of the Bureau of Shang Yi, and the Twenty-Fourth Division of the Sixth Bureau will supervise and educate the beautiful ladies on their virtues, talents, and women's conduct. Red, rhythm. All ladies should listen carefully and not be arrogant or disobedient!" A female official opened the Queen Mother's Edict and read it out seriously.

The ladies knew that the new competition had quietly begun, so they silently said yes.

No matter whether their family status is rich or poor, noble or humble, there is only one truth left here: the one who wins the emperor's heart will win the harem.