The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

The capital was in turmoil.

The gentry wailed.

Because the officials involved in Zhu Chenhao's rebellion case had their lives saved, but their entire families were exiled to Japan!

Japan is a place far away overseas, where people eat raw meat and drink blood and do not seek education. It is a barbarian land. Wouldn't it be a death wish for these pampered literati to go to such a place?

What's more cruel is that it's not just them who are going, but their entire families are exiled together!

The court has issued an order to notify the families of the seventy or eighty officials involved in the case and prepare to migrate to Japan with their entire families. If they don't obey, it would be disobeying the imperial order and tantamount to treason!

What is the fate of treason?

Execute nine clans!

In other words, either you pack up your things and take a boat to Japan, or you don't leave and prepare to be beheaded!

For a time, the capital was shaken and the world was in an uproar!

Because Emperor Zhu Houzhao's move was so cruel and poisonous!

The reason why the gentry and the gentry were able to control the discourse of the times was because they controlled the land.

The local gentry, through their own fame and privileges, plus various means, divided up the land and became the local emperors who were too powerful to be removed. Even the county magistrates in the government had to act according to their faces.

Why was it "too powerful to be removed"?

Because the court wanted to maintain normal operation, it had to collect taxes.

But most of the local land was in the hands of the gentry and the gentry. If the court wanted to collect taxes, it had to look at the faces of these gentry and the gentry. Some of them had ways to not pay taxes or default on taxes. Once the rated taxes could not be collected, the unlucky people were these local officials. This led to the local officials having to choose to cooperate with the local gentry. It was good for everyone!

This phenomenon was especially severe in the south of the Yangtze River!

The south of the Yangtze River, which controlled half of the court's taxes, was indeed confident and qualified to fight the emperor.

But now, the emperor's sudden and ruthless move directly stunned them.

This move was too ruthless!

The foundation of the gentry lies in fame and land!

And the emperor's move directly forced them to exile to Japan!

Then the land they have annexed now will naturally be forcibly taken away by the court!

These nobles can even imagine the smug and ugly face of Emperor Zhengde!

Don't you like to annex land?

Then go to Japan to annex it!

You can annex land however you want!

You can exploit the Japanese people however you want!

Anyway, it's not the Ming Dynasty's thing, you can harm it however you want!

In other words, these nobles not only have to leave their homes and hometowns, but also have to face the dilemma of going to Japan to open up a foundation again!

They will lose everything!

However, the problem is that they still have to obey orders!

Because this time the fault is their own, because the children of the family are corrupt and bribed, so they were caught by Emperor Zhengde!

With irrefutable evidence, Emperor Zhengde could have punished them for treason!

Either kill all nine clans or go to Japan!

What else could they choose?

Blame that damn clansman!

Among this group of nobles, the gentry from Jiangnan occupied the majority.

They also wanted to unite to put pressure on His Majesty the Emperor, trying to threaten Emperor Zhengde to spare them!

However, when these people learned that Qiu Yue, the Marquis of Xianning, who was in charge of the war soldiers of the Beijing Army, personally led 10,000 war soldiers to Jiangnan, everyone became honest.

Because they saw the determination of Emperor Zhengde!

This time, there will be no mercy!

Just as Zhu Houzhao seized the handle and lashed out at the gentry, the situation in Hetao also changed.

The news that the Ming army repaired Dongsheng City soon spread throughout the Hetao grassland.

The right-wing Mongolian tribes such as Yibula and Mandulai, which were entrenched here, soon learned the news.

Ten thousand households in Ordos, within the Khan's tent.

Compared with the golden-roofed Khan's tent and the gorgeous yurt of the Mongolian Great Batumengke, Yibula's Grand Master's tent was much smaller, but he was brave and warlike and didn't care about these things.

A grand banquet was being held in the Khan's tent. The noble leaders of the right-wing Mongolian tribes were drinking happily here at the moment, and they didn't take Batumengke, who was leading the army to attack, seriously at all.

Yibula was the leader of the Yongxiebu tribe of the right wing of Eastern Mongolia. He took advantage of Dayan Khan's elimination of the Grand Masters of the same tribe, Yisimayin, and gathered the troops of these two heroes. Then he led his army eastward and forcibly occupied part of the territories of Yongshaobu Wanhu and Ordos Wanhu. He also formed a powerful force by winning over the right-wing Mongolian noble leaders such as Mandulai, trying to compete with Dayan Khan.

Because Dayan Khan (Borjigin Batumengke) was ambitious and wanted to restore the Golden Family's rule over the Mongolian grasslands, after he came to power, he changed the situation where the Mongolian Khans were controlled by powerful ministers, began to eliminate the tribal lords who abused their power, abolished the positions of Taishi, Prime Minister, Zhiyuan and Yushitai, and restored the traditional Mongolian Jinong system.

This so-called "Jinong" is equivalent to the deputy Khan, an assistant to the Khan, whose duty is to govern the right-wing affairs of Mongolia in accordance with the Khan's will.

The position of Jinong is generally held by the eldest son of the Khan. This is mainly to ensure the political unity and coordinated rule between Jinong and the Khan, which established the direct rule of the Golden Family over the various Mongolian tribes.

In addition, Dayan Khan also merged all the Otog and small tribes into Wanhu, and divided them into left and right wings according to traditional customs. The 30,000 households on the left wing were Chahar, Kolkha, and Wuliangha. The Khan lived in the territory of Chahar Wanhu and directly governed the three tribes on the left wing; the 30,000 households on the right wing were Ordos, Tumed, and Yongshebu, and Jinong, who was stationed in the territory of Ordos Wanhu, exercised jurisdiction.

Except for the Wuliangha Wanhu, Dayan Khan enfeoffed the remaining five Wanhu to his nine sons, and Jinong, the 30,000 households on the right wing, was his second son!

In other words, this damn Batumengke clearly did not want to leave any way out for the tribal nobles. He wanted all the noble lords of all the Mongolian tribes to be his dogs!

Since the Battle of Buir Lake, the orthodox Khanate of the third orthodox Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Usahar Khan Borjigin Toghon Temur, was broken by the Ming general Lan Yu, and a large number of royal family members were imprisoned, including the wife of the late monarch Ayushiridar, the concubines of the current monarch Toghon Temur, his second son Dibaonu, and princesses. A total of 2,999 dignitaries and nobles were imprisoned. Only Toghon Temur and the crown prince Tianbaonu and dozens of other riders escaped, and the Khanate's rule on the grassland was completely over.

What's more, Yesudiel, the descendant of Ariq Böke, seized power and strangled Toghon Temur alive with a bowstring, which completely shattered the sacredness of the Golden Family!

Since then, the vast Mongolian grassland has been plunged into war and division. The tribes of all sizes have been fighting and killing each other. The powerful ministers and lords have come and gone, supporting puppet Khans and claiming to be the Grand Master in power. This has become a common practice on the Mongolian grasslands.

For example, the former Tatar Grand Master Arutai supported the descendant of Ogedei, Guilichi, as the Khan, and then killed Guilichi and supported Bayanchur as the Khan, claiming to be the Grand Master in power.

Another example is the former Wala Grand Master Yesen, who led his army into the Great Wall and almost destroyed the Ming Dynasty. After that, Wala flourished for a time, and Yesen didn't even need any fig leaf. He directly proclaimed himself as Khan, called "Da Yuan Tian Shengda Khan", and named his second son as the Grand Master, established the reign title Tianyuan, and regarded himself as the successor of "Huangyuan", breaking the Mongolian traditional concept that non-golden clans cannot be called Khans, and became the first and only Khan in Mongolian history who was not from a golden family!

In other words, after so many years of division and fighting, the sacredness of the Golden Family no longer exists!

Perhaps the lower-level tribal people still recognize the Golden Family and hope that the Golden Family will come out to end this war-torn world, but the tribal nobles and lords will never think so!

Since Alutai can hold power, and since Yesen can establish himself as Khan, then why can't he, who is also a tribal noble lord?

Before Borjigin Temujin became famous, he was just a slave of a large tribe and made a living by fishing!

Yibula asked himself that his origin was much better than that of Borjigin Batumengke, and he was more qualified than him to unify Mongolia and sit on the position of the Mongolian Khan!

Now the entire right wing of Mongolia is under his control. As long as he defeats Borjigin Batumengke again, Yibula can annex the left wing of Mongolia, unify the entire grassland, and then learn from the Wala Taishi Yesen, establish himself as Khan, and create a second "Golden Family"!

In fact, this is not the first war between the two sides.

The last time Batumengke personally led his army to attack the right wing, he was frightened by the Dalat people driving cattle to harass his camp, and he was panicked, lost his footing, and retreated in a hurry, becoming a laughing stock on the grassland!

This time, it will be the same. Yibula is confident that he can defeat Batumengke in one battle and completely unify the entire grassland!

This sturdy and strong Taishi raised the ox horn cup and spoke passionately, pushing the atmosphere of the banquet to a climax.

Before the war, you have to say some inspiring words and promise benefits to these lords of different surnames, so that they will follow you and Batumengke to fight to the death!

At this time, the captain of a thousand men came forward worriedly and handed Kumili a note, which was obviously sent by Haidongqing.

Yibula was stunned at first, then his face was as dark as water, and he was extremely angry, and he threw the raised ox horn cup to the ground!

"These damn Ming people!"

"How dare they?!"

"After hiding for so many years, they actually sent troops at this moment!"

The Ming people actually renovated Dongshengwei. It is obvious that they want to take advantage of the internal war in Mongolia and reap the benefits!

After so many years, the fertile pasture of Hetao has long been the grazing land of the Mongols!

After all, the Hetao area is a plain pasture, a natural battlefield for the grassland cavalry. Relying on this place as a springboard, the grassland cavalry can use it as a base to rush left and right, go south and west, and frequently harass the military towns along the border of the Ming Dynasty and the hinterland.

So Hetao must not be lost!

The noble lords present knew this in their hearts.

What's more, if they don't solve the Ming army in the rear, they may even be in danger of being attacked from both sides!

After discussing with Mandulai and other right-wing Mongolian nobles, Yibula decided to send a cavalry to harass the Ming army and delay its progress in repairing Dongsheng City.

After the decisive battle with Batu Mengke is won, we will gather the army to attack Dongsheng City and drive these damned Ming people out of the Hetao pasture!

Mandulai personally led 5,000 elite cavalry and headed straight for Dongsheng City.