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Volume One: The Past and the Present Chapter 699: Personal Expedition and Triumphant Return

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    With the respectful greetings of all the ministers, the golden imperial chariot stopped in the middle of the official road. The accompanying warrior quickly placed a small short ladder under the chariot. Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing golden bright armor, slowly stepped down the ladder and stood  The center of the official road.

    All the ministers knelt down to congratulate him again.

    Zhu Houzhao's appearance is much more stable than he was ten years ago. Now he is twenty-eight years old and has a half-inch long beard under his chin. His face that was still too immature now has a more weathered look.

    In the past ten years, Zhu Houzhao has not made much progress, and he still has a dull and playful temperament. It seems that he has already set a lofty life goal for himself, to live until he is old, to play until he is old, and to die.  However, Zhu Houzhao did indeed do several major things in the past ten years, all of which were related to the war.

    In May of the eighth year of Zhengde's reign, dozens of Sichuan chieftains gathered to rebel due to taxes. Xuanweisi's appeasement was ineffective. Because Sichuan was mountainous and the mountain roads were rugged and difficult to navigate, the Sichuan Dusi sent troops to the Four Guards to conquer without any results, and the rebellion grew stronger.  After Zhu Houzhao heard the report, he was furious. Regardless of the civil and military objections of the Manchu Dynasty, he ordered 30,000 elite soldiers in the Beijing camp, and urgently recruited 4,000 Guangxi wolf soldiers to lead the expedition. In this battle, the court used a large number of new firearms to carry out uninterrupted attacks on the mountains, which was time-consuming.  After four months, the rebellion was finally put down and he returned to Beijing in triumph.

    In the following years, Zhu Houzhao went on several personal expeditions one after another, including domestic rebellions, invasions by Tatars and Oaras on the border, etc. What is surprising is that whether it was Zhu Houzhao's natural talent or luck, he went on several personal expeditions.  It really surprised everyone in the world that they all came back with a great victory. No one thought that this faint king who lived deep in the palace had such ability. Think about it carefully.  It seems that it's not too mediocre, but there are some redeeming features.

    Last winter, due to the white disaster on the grassland, countless cattle and sheep of the Mongolian tribes starved to death. Boyan Mengke, the little prince of Tatar, gathered dozens of tribes in the grassland, totaling 50,000 soldiers and horses, to declare his mansion in the border town of Ming Dynasty, Datong and  Liaoyang launched an attack, and Zhu Houzhao ordered all the soldiers and horses from the Beijing camp to leave the capital and go to Datong to fight the enemy in person.

    Now the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not agree.

    In the past few times, you conquered Sichuan chieftains and recruited refugees to rebel.  Conscripting this or that is within the tolerance range.  After all, the enemy's fighting power is not strong, and even a fool can win the battle under the crushing force of the army. However, Mongolia has been the life and death enemy of the Han family for hundreds of years.  And speaking objectively.  The Han army often lost more than it won against the Mongolian cavalry.  Killing dozens of Mongolians in a battle involving tens of thousands of people is considered a great achievement. How dare you, the Ming Emperor who only knows how to play and play, to conquer such a powerful enemy in person? Do you want to repeat the Tumu Fort Incident?

    Countless ministers desperately opposed it.  He knelt in front of the palace gate and kowtowed until his head was covered with blood. However, this time Zhu Houzhao was determined. At the same time, he also played a tactic of falsehood with the ministers. On the surface, he pretended to promise to take back his life. The delighted ministers had not yet  With enough time to breathe a sigh of relief, Zhu Houzhao quietly left Beijing with dozens of cavalry that night and went straight to Juyong Pass. He deceived the gate of Juyong Pass with orders and imperial edicts and then drove straight to Datong Prefecture.

    On the eve of the Mongolian army's invasion of the border, Zhu Houzhao came to Datong Mansion. Without saying a word, he seized the military power of Wang Xun, the chief military officer of Datong, and personally mobilized the troops of Xuan Mansion and Datong.

    The Mongolian army finally invaded, and its frontline was directed at Datong. Zhu Houzhao was indeed a general. He decisively sent Wang Xun to lead a partial division to lure the Mongolian soldiers to Yingzhou, and mobilized Datong, Dingbian, Yanqing, and Pinglu.  The army, with a total of more than 100,000 troops, laid an ambush outside Yingzhou City, and the Mongols got into the ambush circle designed by Zhu Houzhao.

    This was a very tragic battle. Outside Yingzhou City, there were mountains of bones and rivers of blood. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. After the war was cleared up, the Mongolian army left a total of more than 20,000 corpses under Yingzhou City.  Under Zhu Houzhao's calm and calm deployment of troops, half of the menacing Mongolian army was killed. Boyan Mengke's strength was greatly reduced, and even shaken the status of the Golden Family in the minds of the leaders of the Mongolian tribes.

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    On the official road side of the capital, Ning Guogong Qin Kan took the lead in welcoming Zhu Houzhao, and unceremoniously set the tone for Zhu Houzhao's "triumphal return", blocking the mouths of countless ministers who were unhappy.

    This time Qin Kan went on a personal expedition without a chariot, so he really couldn't participate.

    Nine years ago, Du Yan gave birth to Qin Kan's eldest son, the eldest son of the duke's wife, named Qin Kang, which is derived from "Jun Xin Xin Xi Le Kang" in "Chu Ci, Nine Songs". Now the eldest son is nine years old.  He was born very healthy and lively, jumping up and down, chasing dogs and catching chickens, good at attacking with fire, good at flooding with water, not afraid of being beaten by strong skin, and with great strength. He was like a living fusion of seven gourd brothers, causing great harm to the Duke and the two ladies.  Think through.

    A little demon king in the Duke's palace has caused a lot of anger, but Du Yan's belly has been stimulated by some unknown source. She is pregnant again at the age of thirty. It's good now. She was originally planning to accompany him on the expedition.  Qin Kan made up his mind to stay in the capital to accompany the elderly mother to give birth, and to help Zhu Houzhao calm down the raging anger of the ministers in the capital.

      After Zhu Houzhao got off the chariot, he was the first to go to Qin Kan, helped him up, and then ordered the ministers to get back on their feet.

    "Qin Kan, I personally killed 20,000 Tatars this time. I beat Boyan so fiercely that he could run away. Isn't that awesome? Haha" Zhu Houzhao's face was filled with pride, like a young man bragging to his friends about his heroic deeds.  I have to say that apart from fighting, Zhu Houzhao has not made much progress over the years, and his moral character is the same as before.

    "Your Majesty, my wife gave birth to a son for me, isn't it awesome?" Qin Kan showed no sign of weakness.

    Zhu Houzhao's face suddenly froze. Qin Kan's words were a bit heartbreaking. For some reason, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Liangnv had been married for ten years, but they had not even given birth to a boy and a half girls. Zhu Houzhao still has no children.  The imperial doctors have been under a lot of pressure in recent years, not only from the resentment of Zhu Houzhao and Liu Liangnu, but also from the overwhelming number of impeachment memorials from ministers. After all, the emperor's heirs are a major matter for the country and the country, and the emperor has no descendants or brothers.  , a true loner, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were really insecure.

    His son became the biggest regret in Zhu Houzhao's heart. When he heard that Qin Kan had obtained Lin'er again, Zhu Houzhao blurted out without thinking: "Why did he give birth to another son"

    Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt that something was wrong after he said this, so he changed his expression and hummed with a smile: "The iron tree is blooming, and the old clam is producing pearls. It is a joy to congratulate"

    Qin Kan rolled his eyes and quickly turned his head away. It would be frivolous to argue with Zhu Houzhao in front of the ministers. It would inevitably be included in several books, which is not cost-effective.

    After Zhu Houzhao said a few words to Qin Kan, he turned his attention away and greeted the ministers one by one. His attitude was very gentle and approachable. After being the emperor for fourteen years, the emperor and his ministers all knew what kind of pisses each other was, so  Zhu Houzhao also learned to talk to people and talk to ghosts.

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    PS: It¡¯s said to be the final volume, but it won¡¯t be finished that soon, at least it will be a month or two later.  The plot has always followed the outline, neither more nor less. Although more than 2 million words is not much, it still exceeds my personal word count record for a single book. The span of ten years is due to the arrangement of the plot. After all, Zhengde has ten chapters in official history.  Six years, with a span of ten years in between is to bring some boring and boring plots away.

    It won¡¯t end in an anticlimax, otherwise I¡¯ll be sorry for everyone and myself, brothers, please relax.  (To be continued)
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