Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

The rising sun is rising in the east, and countless rays of golden sunshine are spread over the entire Shenzhi Island.

"Long live the Ming Dynasty!"

"Long live the Emperor!"

"When the city is alive, people are still there, but when the city is gone, people are going to perish!"

…

Four thousand soldiers gathered in the grand competition field, showing strict military discipline, and were shouting loud slogans in order.

Although Huo Hai and others are far away from their homeland, they are increasingly proud of their country and even more proud of having a wise and powerful emperor.

As for this Daming City, it is a sacred and inviolable place.

Now this city is coveted by the North Korean garrison on Jeju Island. The North Korean garrison on Jeju Island wants to ruin the good life of their four thousand soldiers, which makes the returning soldiers very angry.

At this moment, a little old man wearing North Korean official uniform was escorted onto the high platform, looking very embarrassed.

"I made excuses to stir up trouble earlier. I already know that this old guy is not a good guy!"

"If I stay here, I will definitely finish squeezing out this old guy on the spot!"

"It's a good thing you're not here. If you had messed up, how could you let this old guy let everyone see the result in person today?"

…

Huo Guangming and other soldiers saw Jeju Shepherd Li Zhunbin being escorted up, and combined with Li Zhunbin's earlier actions of deliberately provoking trouble, they seemed to blame him without any goodwill.

Li Zhunbin was pushed hard and staggered a few steps before falling to the ground.

He was born into a noble family in North Korea, and now he holds the important position of Jeju Pastor. He can be said to be an upper-class figure in North Korea. As a result, he is now a prisoner, and his life is experiencing ups and downs.

Since taking office, he has always wanted to do something great, otherwise he would not want to eliminate Mu Meng and other forces on the island.

Unfortunately, Mu Meng was not solved yet. The Ming Dynasty even reached out and opened a port to build a new city on the east side of Shenzhi Island.

Just like this, after receiving the support of Li Kepei, when he saw that the strength of Daming City was suddenly empty, he wanted to take the opportunity to capture this Daming City.

Who would have thought that not only did he underestimate the strength of the Ming Dynasty army who liked to gamble, but he also overestimated the combat power of his Jeju garrison. The five thousand troops he led were vulnerable to a thousand defenders who took the initiative to fight.

"Li Mu Shou, we meet again!" Xu Shiying greeted with a smile when he saw the culprit being brought up.

Although he did not suffer any losses this time, Li Zhunbin's behavior not only touched his bottom line, but also violated the dignity of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zhunbin couldn't help but tremble all over, and hurriedly emphasized: "I am a minister of North Korea, you... you can't deal with me!"

"Your North Korea was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Earlier, you North Korea did not agree to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty regain Jianzhou, but now you want to seize the city of the Ming Dynasty. I will kill you today, you are unfaithful and unjust. Fake vassal!" Xu Shiying pointed at Li Zhunbin's nose and yelled angrily.

"kill!"

"kill!"

"Those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

…

Huo Hai and other four thousand soldiers showed the bloody nature of Chinese men, and now Li Zhunbin's behavior also touched what they wanted to guard, and they also condemned it.

Xu Shiying was very satisfied with the cohesion of the current army. At least this army had a strong sense of mission to defend the dignity of the Ming Dynasty. He turned to look at Li Zhunbin: "Li Mu Shou, have you heard the voices of the soldiers? Offend me. The Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away it is, so don’t do such stupid things again in your next life!”

"Mr. Governor, I...I am willing to be your dog. Please forgive me this time. I will obey your orders from now on!" Li Zhunbin felt the fear of death and immediately crawled over and said, wagging his tail.

Xu Shiying kicked Li Zhunbin away and said with great confidence: "If someone else were to be the Jeju Shepherd, they would be obedient, and maybe the Jeju Shepherd will no longer be needed in the future!"

"No! Mr. Governor, I was wrong, I was wrong!" Li Zhunbin had put aside his pretense of being a celebrity and immediately continued to plead with tears in his eyes.

Now that things have happened, he really regrets it.

The Ming Dynasty was obviously so powerful. North Korea was just a small vassal state, but they actually wanted to conquer the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention myself as a small Jeju pastor, even Li Kepei, the left-wing political leader, was nothing more than a clown in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Zhunbin looked at the sword that had been raised high, knowing that regret had no effect at all. He silently hoped that he would not do stupid things like being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty in the next life.

puff!

As the executioner waved the sword in his hand, Jeju Shepherd Lee Joon-bin's eyes shed tears of regret, and his head rolled down from the high platform to the ground.

"Anyone who offends our Ming Dynasty will be punished no matter how far away he is!" The four thousand soldiers shouted in unison in high spirits as they looked at the beheaded Jeju Shepherd. Now they had the determination to dominate the entire East China Sea.

On that day, the army from the headquarters of the Governor-General of the East China Sea was dispatched en masse.

After the Nanshan tribe and Mumeng learned the news, they also came to help clear out the remnants of the Jeju Island garrison who were trying to seize Daming City.

puff! puff! puff!

The Ming Dynasty's four thousand garrison had the most advanced crossbows, and some soldiers even obtained Xuefeng swords. Facing the Jeju garrison with backward equipment, they launched an indiscriminate massacre.

"The Ming army is here for revenge!"

"Run away, let's run away!"

"Li Zhunbin, you are following us into the pit of fire!"

…

The garrison in Jeju was simply unable to fight, or perhaps did not dare to fight at all. After being attacked by the Ming army in the first wave, they all chose to flee.

Since other forces on the island followed the Ming Dynasty, most of the soldiers chose to leave Shenzhi Island by boat, but only a small number of soldiers chose to hide or surrender.

The real control of Jeju Island is this North Korean army. Now that this garrison has collapsed, it can almost be announced that North Korea has lost control of this island.

Chen Shan led a team to the Mu Yamen of Jeju and directly set fire to the North Korean ruling body.

The officials of the two counties never dared to look down on the Ming Dynasty, and even longed for the Ming Dynasty, but they sent Xu Shiying a "letter of return to the Han Dynasty".

Although Xu Shiying, the governor of the East China Sea, was satisfied with the strength of this army, he did not dare to be too optimistic. He immediately reported everything to the emperor in detail.

This time he was considered to have arbitrarily uprooted North Korea's rule on Shenji Island, but based on his understanding of the emperor, not only would his response not be punished, but he would also likely be rewarded and even verbally praised in the future.

Of course, everything is my optimistic guess. Now I just hope that the emperor is satisfied with what I, the governor of the East China Sea, have done, and that I will do my best to repay the emperor's kindness.

It's October, and the autumn air is crisp in Beijing.

News that the Ming army had recaptured Jianzhou has come back. Millions of disaster victims in Henan have arrived in Jianzhou one after another. The empire seems to be developing in a positive direction.

There are now more than two months left in the second year of Hongzhi, but the people in the capital clearly feel that they are in a prosperous empire, even though their emperor is indeed a tyrant in the eyes of the literati.

It’s just that the eyes of the masses are sharp. A tyrant who started a war for the sake of millions of victims has become more important in their hearts.

"The King of North Korea is on his way to worship!"

"Manduhai, Mongolia, ordered 30,000 cotton-padded clothes from the Ming Dynasty!"

"The envoys of the Nanyang feudal lords have arrived in Beijing one after another, and there are people who look like ghosts!"

…

Since Hongzhi Dynasty adopted the policy of opening up to the outside world, and now has more and more contacts with foreign countries, new things in the capital seem to be endless.

However, what has attracted the most attention recently is the execution ground. Long queues of criminals have begun to be executed in the autumn, and almost every day at noon, someone will be pushed to the guillotine.

The morning of October 14th was another grand execution day.

"coming!"

"Smash him!"

…

The onlookers had already surrounded the execution ground. When they saw the prison van escorting the prisoners, some of them smashed the rotten vegetable leaves they had prepared.

The second year of Hongzhi can be said to be a year of bloodshed for the powerful and the gentry.

In addition to the powerful people who were caught in the earlier financial rectification, there were also the river officials who caused Kaifeng City to be flooded and most of Henan to be reduced to Zeguo. However, almost no officials in this system were spared.

That's why, no matter whether they are high-ranking dignitaries or trivial officials, no one is unjust at all.

However, the three people who received the most attention today were: Prince Consort Wang Zhi, former Left Minister Ye Qi of the Household Department, and Governor of Water Transport and Governor of River Transport Zhou Nai.

Royal relatives, old ministers and crimes are simply worthless this year, and three consecutive beheadings are about to take place today.

"You're cheating!"

After Ye Qi was hit by rotten vegetable leaves and was put on the execution platform, she couldn't help but feel sad when she thought about her originally prosperous life.

His ancestor was the prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty. Although he has lost his glory now, he can still be regarded as a queen of a famous family. He became a Jinshi in high school in the fifth year of Jingtai, and then got a good job as a censor through connections.

When their civil servant group wanted to get rid of the military general Shi Heng, he played a vanguard role. Although he was demoted to the local magistrate, he won the most important political resources.

Originally he became the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and it was a natural thing for him to become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in the future, and this position also received strong support from the Huai Salt Merchant Group.

But unfortunately, Ming Dynasty ushered in a tyrant. Not only was his political idea of ​​changing the Kaizhong method into the Zese method failed to be implemented, but he was also forced to resign and return to his field.

Faced with such a ruthless tyrant, after he accumulated enough wealth and reputation, he returned to Huai'an and prepared to enjoy his wonderful retirement life.

Building the Humble Administrator's Garden and marrying a beautiful girl every year can comfort his wounded heart, but he doesn't want to have a sudden misfortune.

As the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was rectifying the financial system, he uncovered numerous crimes committed by his son Ye Rongtian. As a result, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had his house confiscated.

Originally, the confiscation of the house would only result in the loss of part of the family property, but it happened too suddenly, and all the silver that he had accumulated over the years was confiscated.

It was precisely because of his large amount of corruption that he was found out, and the matter could no longer be hidden. He was even involved in the shocking case of the breach of the North Embankment of Kaifeng City.

If he didn't have his son to tempt the court to confiscate his house, he would probably still be living a fairy-like life, right?

"Actually, I can be considered...a victim!" Zhou Nai, the Governor of Water Transport and Governor of River Transport, muttered to himself as he looked at the people smashing vegetable leaves at him.

He is different from Ye Qi, who comes from a famous family, but he is a genuine student from a poor family. It was just that after passing the imperial examination, he had exhausted all his family resources, and failed several subsequent examinations, resulting in debts in the capital.

Originally, he was an aspiring young man who wanted to serve the imperial court, but the officialdom was far more turbid than he wanted. Without a background, he could only rely on money to clear the way.

Six years of serving as a county magistrate made him completely disappointed with the court. In addition, he was always burdened with Beijing debts, so he finally had to choose to become a corrupt official.

As soon as he thought about this, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at Prince Consort Wang Zong.

Perhaps the fact that he has reached this point is inseparable from his desire for power, but the initial change is undoubtedly this kind of Beijing debt, and it is precisely in order to repay the Beijing debt that he chose to become a corrupt official.

cut!

Following the executioner's order, the executioner immediately waved the butcher's knife in his hand.

There was only one exception. Zhou Nai, the governor of water transport and governor of river transport, had serious crimes, and the Hongzhi Dynasty advocated harsh punishments, so Zhou Nai's sentence was Lingchi.

In addition to Ling Chi, Zhou Nai's head will be protected and will be hung at the head of the newly built Jianzhou City.

"The Ming Dynasty is in full swing!"

The people who were watching saw a few maggots being chopped off in front of them, and saw that the current emperor was sparing no effort to eliminate the abuses of the court, but they knew that the Hongzhi Dynasty would get better and better.

Forbidden City, Fengtian Palace.

Officials of the fourth rank and above stood in the palace, while outside were middle- and lower-level officials. As for the palace, it was Hongzhi, the current emperor who was becoming more and more majestic.

Zhu Youtang is sitting on the dragon throne. Now he can be said to be powerful enough to look down on everything.

"The little king pays homage to your majesty, long live my emperor!" Zhu Tongbi, the king of Zhou who was wearing royal robes, came to the main hall for the first time and knelt down respectfully.

The first Zhou king, Zhu Xi, was the fifth son of Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang. He established vassalage in Kaifeng in the 14th year of Hongwu. Since he was the younger brother of Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Di conquered the world, his lumi increased to 20,000 shi.

Since the Taizu period, the wealth of the Zhou royal family has increased dramatically. But who could have imagined that a sudden flood would cause their clan, the King of Zhou, to lose their fiefdom.

Although the current Zhou King Zhu Tongbi has only been canonized for two years, he is already in his early forties and looks fat and submissive.

As the reputation of the tyrant Zhu Youtang becomes more and more famous, more and more people are now afraid of this emperor.

Zhu Youtang asked a few questions as usual, and then gave Guo Yong a wink.

Guo Yong nodded first, and then opened the imperial edict: "The emperor is entrusted by heaven, and the edict says: The land of the Nine Domains, in Wei Bian's house, is surrounded by wind and rain, and boats and carriages extend in all directions. Gao, the god of the ancient emperor's son, and the beautiful soil of the crown. Also... the north embankment of Kaifeng City burst, and all the pheasants were transformed into Jiao Palace. No one has ever been as miserable as our Bian... Now Kaifeng City has been flooded, so all the members of the Zhou royal family have moved to Jianzhou City."

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!" Although Zhou Wang Zhu Tongbi was not satisfied, he could only respond bravely.

Zhu Youtang placed the King of Zhou in Jianzhou out of multiple considerations.

If a prince's palace is located in Jianzhou, even if he dies suddenly, the future court cannot ignore it. In addition, the Prince of Zhou's Mansion is actually the richest vassal. If all the vassals of the Prince of Zhou are settled in Jianzhou, it will undoubtedly boost the local economy.

Not to mention that he needs to completely naturalize and establish a state, and statehood is his first step eastward. Naturally, he cannot end it hastily, but he must integrate the economy and politics into the Ming Dynasty system.

In addition, if China wants to truly achieve its rise, it cannot adopt a closed-door strategy, let alone stagnate, but must continue to extend eastward.

The East of the Ming Dynasty cannot stop at Jianzhou, nor can it just be the East of Asia, but must find a way to become the East of the world.

"End of this volume"