Chapter 303: The Darkening Zhu Youjian? The Emperor's Ancestor Was Wrong! Prepare to Survive the Tribulation
"Swish, swish, swish!" Following Yuan Chonghuan's bold words, all the military geniuses under Zhu Youjian's command subconsciously looked towards him with strange expressions.
Among these people, such as Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting, Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou, Cao Wenzhao, Wu Sangui, Zuo Liangyu and others, it can be said that each of them is an outstanding talent in the major "military offices" under the Prince Yu's Mansion, and each of them is arrogant.
However, when hearing that Yuan Chonghuan did not even take Qi Jiguang, a famous general who had been guarding a region and had been famous for many years, seriously, people felt that Yuan Chonghuan was a little arrogant.
You know, in the southeast, in addition to the military honor group in Nanjing City, there are three other powerful forces that play an important role in the military.
These three families are the family of the current Governor-General of Zhejiang, Tang Shunzhi, the Ma family of the famous general Ma Fang, and the Qi family of Qi Jiguang.
You have to know that these three people were originally substitutes for the New Party!
In the dark corners of the military, there has always been a saying that the three people from the New Party who entered the cabinet at that time, if not Hu Zongxian, Wang Chonggu and Yu Dayou, then they were Tang Shunzhi, Ma Fang and Qi Jiguang.
As we all know, Hu Zongxian was from the Yan Party, Wang Chonggu was from the Yu Wang Party, and Yu Dayou was from the Jing Wang Party.
Among the three people, Tang Shunzhi was also from the Yan Party, Ma Fang was from the Prince Yu Party, and Qi Jiguang was from the Prince Jing Party.
But no one knows why the court promoted three other people when it expanded the number of cabinet members.
But the factions within the court were so complicated that they couldn't figure it out and didn't want to think about it.
They only knew that the military abilities of Tang Shunzhi, Ma Fang and Qi Jiguang were by no means just for fame.
Enjoy the dividends of the times? Perhaps there is a factor in this regard, but who didn't catch up with the tide of the times back then, but how many people can make it to this point today?
This Yuan Chonghuan may have ability, but he is too arrogant.
Noticing everyone's gazes, Yuan Chonghuan glanced at them but did not express anything. He did not care about any of the people present. You know, in the "Military Mansion" illusion exercise, his performance was always among the top ten.
And what about these people? Except for Sun Chuanting, who has some ability, the others are just "selling their heads".
This time, by conquering the foreign civilization, he will surely become famous and make a name for himself!
Moreover, his goal is not just to be a famous general, his goal is to establish a clan of immortals and become like the three elders of the New Party today, relying on the power of the military to become a top immortal clan.
Zhu Youjian looked at Yuan Chonghuan's confident look, but did not give him any strange looks. Instead, he patted his shoulder encouragingly. It is a good thing for soldiers to have high morale before going to war!
As a superior, how could he pour cold water on him?
Moreover, Zhu Youjian had some idea about Yuan Chonghuan. Although he was arrogant, he was a rare talent in military affairs. So what if a capable person was a little arrogant?
"You are going here to represent me. The people competing with you include my eldest brother, second brother, third brother, and fourth brother..."
Zhu Youjian said, looking at everyone, and said: "Not only that, there are other side branches of Prince Yu's Mansion."
"I have only one request for you," Zhu Youjian paused, and under the gaze of Yuan Chonghuan and others, he said in a deep voice: "Go ahead and fight for the territory at all costs!"
"I'll take care of everything in the palace!"
"Yes!" Hearing the young master's words, Yuan Chonghuan and others were also very excited at this moment, and loudly expressed their loyalty, "We will never let the young master down, and we will go through fire and water for the young master, no matter what!"
As a military general, what he is most afraid of is not going to the battlefield to kill the enemy, but the lack of support from his superiors, or even being held back.
It is just like when Emperor Chengzu launched the Jingnan Rebellion, Emperor Jianwen actually ordered his generals not to harm Prince Yan.
Fortunately, their young master Zhu Youjian is a wise leader!
Even though he knew that he had brothers and sisters in the same palace, the young master did not hesitate at all.
Such a decisive and clear-headed young master can be said to be the best candidate in the minds of every general fighting outside.
"Well, go and prepare. There is still one year left, and all the resources of the palace will be open to you." Zhu Youjian raised his hand and said.
"Yes!" After watching everyone leave, Zhu Youjian stood with his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky. His gaze seemed to penetrate the universe and reach the Star Spirit Realm. He had a faint expectation in his heart.
"Since I am a member of the royal family, you say that I have no choice. Then I will do as you wish. Either I won't do it, or I will do it to the utmost!" Ever since the Donglin Party was abandoned, Donglin scholars were either killed or exiled. Zhu Youjian has always felt depressed and was even more dissatisfied with his father Zhu Changluo.
There is even a hint of wanting to go to extremes.
The Prince Yu's Mansion is now cooperating with the Prince An's Mansion from top to bottom, and has even decided to give up the fight for the crown prince's position, and even to separate the crown prince's position from the crown prince's grandson's?
Prince An became the crown prince? Grandfather became the grandson of the heir? In Zhu Youjian's opinion, this was ridiculous. Where was the moral code?
"The Crown Prince and the Crown Prince are of the same bloodline, how can they be separated?" Zhu Youjian thought to himself, and secretly said in his heart: "A world without Confucian classics is an incomplete world!"
"Without the Confucian classics, people will lack education and their ethics will be disrupted. Even the royal family does not know that the ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, and the son is the son, let alone the ordinary people?"
Thinking in his heart, Zhu Youjian slowly closed his eyes.
At this moment, the teachings of the great scholars when he was meditating in Donglin Academy seemed to ring in his ears.
"Law is the key to maintaining order and justice, but its implementation must be based on morality. Therefore, "governing the country with virtue" can improve people's morality and reduce crimes, leading to social harmony and stability. Otherwise..."
"Otherwise," Zhu Youjian took a deep breath, slowly opened his eyes, and said, "The world will not be at peace..."
"When a man loses his backbone, a woman will abandon her sense of shame. In this turbid world where material desires are supreme, what kind of monster is this!"
"Father was wrong, grandfather was wrong, great grandfather was wrong, even..." Zhu Youjian's eyes flashed, and he murmured: "Grandfather Jiajing was also wrong, the entire Ming Dynasty was wrong!"
"The Ming Dynasty needs reform!"
"The Ming Dynasty needs the teachings of Confucianism even more!"
Well, we can only say that Zhu Changluo abandoned the Donglin Party and executed a large number of Donglin Confucian scholars and scholars, which was a heavy blow to Zhu Youjian.
Originally, he was somewhat shaken about the new Confucianism headed by the Donglin Party, which was engaged in vicious factional struggles and disregarded the interests of the court. However, Zhu Changluo's iron-blooded approach directly helped Zhu Youjian dispel his doubts.
After all, death is the greatest thing. As long as one is human, he or she likes to beautify the roads and people that he or she has not chosen, and Zhu Youjian is no exception.
The demise of the Donglin Party made Zhu Youjian always feel resentful, and he even became more determined to practice the Donglin ideology.
Well, in fact, the so-called Donglin philosophy was also his own idea, because those great Confucian scholars did not teach him anything. It was just that Zhu Youjian had a preconceived idea and over-beautified it in his mind.
And at the moment when Zhu Youjian said the four words "Imperial Grandfather Jiajing", Jiajing, who was meditating with his eyes closed in Yuxi Palace, seemed to be moved at this moment and raised his eyes slightly.
You have to know that the current Jiajing is the Ming Dynasty emperor. If someone mentions his name, he will feel it.
What's more, this person is his blood descendant and he still says that "Grandfather Jiajing was wrong."
You have to know that even if it is a mortal family, the younger generations are not allowed to say such remarks, let alone the current Ming Dynasty.
With one thought, you can see and hear the whole world.
In an instant, Jiajing saw Zhu Youjian and understood the whole story.
"...Zhu Youjian?" Seeing this descendant of the same bloodline, the increasingly insignificant memories of Jiajing's previous life were instantly mobilized in his mind, and everything about Zhu Youjian became clear to him.
Knowing that Zhu Youjian was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the original historical course, and that those few words were the reason for the country's demise, a hint of displeasure flashed in Jiajing's eyes.
"Idiot." With a cold snort, Jiajing was too lazy to pay attention to him. It was a waste to focus his attention on such an idiot.
What Zhu Youjian didn't know was that his words about his ancestor had already been known, and his ancestor no longer had a good impression of him. As for the reform he wanted, it was directly rejected by the source. No matter how hard he tried, it would end in tragedy.
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The news that the imperial court would officially launch military operations abroad in a year spread like wildfire, causing an uproar throughout the country.
In every major city of immortal cultivation in the Ming Dynasty, hosts from the Ministry of Public Security broadcast reports one after another on the huge stone walls where photos were taken.
Within the spiritual network, news came one after another.
In one immortal academy after another, respected seniors began to speak publicly, pointing out the benefits of foreign wars.
For a time, the people of the Ming Dynasty also began to look forward to it.
After all, in today's Ming Dynasty, internal pressure is increasing year by year, resources are distributed unevenly, the upper class is greedy to eat meat, and the lower class is just drinking soup. Contradictions have already appeared, and the start of a war means more land.
In the eyes of the people of the Ming Dynasty, as long as the imperial court continued to expand its territory, it meant that they would get more land, and then the imperial court would lay spiritual veins and build cities for cultivating immortals.
For those at the bottom of society, that means more opportunities and a sudden reduction in pressure.
In this case, how could the people not be happy?
Many people even thought that one year was too long and that they should immediately set out to attack foreign civilizations.
Of course, with the promotion of "Innovation in Thinking", people's quality of life is getting higher, their material needs are met, and they naturally begin to pursue the enrichment of their spiritual world.
Therefore, a wave of discussion suddenly emerged on the spiritual network, asking whether a war of invasion is immoral.
Some people believed that the court’s expedition to foreign civilizations was for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, and that the beneficiaries were the lower class like them.
Others believe that the unequal distribution of resources is the result of the upper class dividing them up and oppressing the lower class. Even if they invade to obtain resources, they will not get much, but everyone shares the sin of war.
This group of people believes that the best way is to cooperate with foreign civilizations and adopt gentle means to achieve win-win results rather than war.
The two views are becoming increasingly prevalent among the people.
In Wenhua Hall, the cabinet holds daily political meetings in accordance with management and habitually discusses daily issues in various places.
However, after listening to the current debate about war and morality, the young cabinet minister Yan Shifan was the first to get angry.
"A bunch of unruly people who have nothing to do after eating." Yan Shifan slammed the table and snorted, "You haven't even eaten enough yet, and you're already thinking about sympathizing with others? Are the people in the Internet Monitoring Department here to eat for nothing?"
On one side, the nominal head of the Internet Monitoring Department, who was sitting next to the six ministries, stood up, glanced at the angry Yan Shifan, and said, "The law clearly states that the people have the right to freedom of speech..."
The person in charge of the Internet Monitoring Department is not afraid of Yan Shifan, mainly because the Daming Spiritual Network is the joint responsibility of all the cabinet members.
In other words, his immediate superiors were all the cabinet elders present. No matter how angry Yan Shifan was, he couldn't openly vent his anger on himself, because the other cabinet elders were watching.
"Moreover, the imperial court's national policy of 'initiating innovation' clearly states that we cannot interfere with the people's speech. This..."
"How dare you!" Seeing this little third-rank official dare to contradict him like this, Yan Shifan glared at him and said, "You are just a little third-rank official, how dare you talk to me like this?"
Over the years, Yan Shifan's temper has improved a lot, but that was towards people like Gao Gong who had the same status as him.
He was never polite to other minor officials.
"Just speak. No matter how low your official rank is, you are still an official appointed by the court. Isn't it too hurtful for the young minister to say that?" At this time, Hai Rui slowly stood up from the crowd and said, "Besides, the Internet Monitoring Department is acting in accordance with the law. What's wrong with that?"
"Hurt you..." Seeing someone dare to stand up and contradict him. And hearing the voice came from the six ministries on the side, Yan Shifan immediately turned around and started to curse.
However, when he saw that the person who stood up was Hai Rui, he swallowed the last word that was about to come out of his mouth.
He may ignore others, but not Hai Rui!
"Don't get excited, both of you." At this time, Prince Yu raised his hand and said, "It's good for the people to have freedom of speech, but now my Ming Dynasty is about to mobilize troops outside the territory."
"As citizens of the Ming Dynasty, we should put our stance first!"
"Now the whole of Ming Dynasty must unite as one and put the overall situation first. If it is not conducive to unity, it is better not to say anything." After saying this, Prince Yu looked at Prince Jing and said:
"What do you think, fourth brother?"
"I think so too," King Jing cleared his throat after hearing this. "The issues of war and morality should be left to the scholars to debate with the people, not in the court."
"Lord Yan, Lord Xu, and everyone in the cabinet," King Jing said, looking at Yan Song and the others with a smile on his face, and asked, "What do you think?"
"Your Highness is right." Upon hearing this, Yan Song and Xu Jie bowed to show their agreement.
Seeing this, Prince Yu smiled and said, "In this case, the Internet Monitoring Department should guide the speech appropriately. Of course, we should not disappoint the good intentions of our people."
Prince Yu and Prince Jing were nominally assistants to the cabinet, equivalent to regents. Their will sometimes represented the cabinet.
In this way, the Internet Monitoring Department, which is jointly managed by the cabinet, will only have one will.
"Yes, I understand." The head of the Internet Monitoring Department bowed and retreated.
"Okay, let's get down to business," Prince Yu said after the incident, "This year, each of the garrisons under the command of the Five Military Commands will need to mobilize 10,000 men."
"In addition, there are three major camps and major military headquarters... After that, they will enter the Yanshan Secret Realm in batches by shuttle to train..."
"Next, let's talk about how the army will enter the capital, the key points that need to be paid attention to, and the subsequent war matters."
The so-called Yanshan Secret Realm is naturally the passage opened by Jiajing, which allows one to enter the Qiankun Realm from the outside world.
The secret of Qiankun Realm is known only to the Cabinet, the six ministers, a few important officials and their core clansmen.
Therefore, this time 10,000 troops were drawn from various places to increase their strength, and it was announced to the outside world that it was just training.
Afterwards, this batch of troops will be transported directly from the Qiankun Realm to the outside of the domain, enter the teleportation array, and enter the Star Spirit Realm.
In this way, no one will know the secret of Qiankun Realm. After all, when a war breaks out outside the domain, there will be no annual agreement.
Perhaps some careful people would notice it, but they would not think too much about it. After all, the Immortal Dynasty is mysterious, so it is not surprising that they have mastered some secret techniques and formations. The most important thing for the soldiers is military exploits.
"Finally," Prince Yu arranged many matters related to the war, then looked at the others under the six ministers and said, "Those who participated in the previous retreat should stay."
"The rest of you can go your separate ways." Upon hearing this, although the others were confused, they all stood up and left.
Soon, the only people left in Wenhua Hall were the cabinet and six ministries that had been in seclusion last time, as well as important officials such as Hai Rui.
"My father asked us to tell you all that you should prepare to survive the tribulation..." Prince Yu said as he looked at everyone.
"..."
(End of this chapter)
