The sun was bright and the wind was gentle.
Zhu Yijun, who hadn't attended court for more than a month, was finally here.
When the officials outside the noon gate heard the sound of the court bell and drum, they were so excited that tears welled up in their eyes!
The emperor can finally go to court. This is a great fortune for the country.
Zhu Yijun had already received the military intelligence from Liaodong. The Jurchen of Jianzhou had killed the imperial guard of the Ming Dynasty. Although the imperial guard was a low-level military officer, in front of the Jurchen tribe, he was an envoy of the Celestial Dynasty.
However, the bold Jurchen tribe actually killed Liaodong Bei Yu. Liaodong was furious, and the generals invited them to battle one after another, threatening to destroy the Jurchen tribe. Liaodong General Li Chengliang controlled the Liaodong foreign tribes and led an army of 200,000 to send troops to the Jurchen tribe.
Zhu Yijun came to court today to discuss the strategy of Liaodong.
Late last night, a memorial to impeach Li Chengliang was handed to Zhu Yijun. The censor impeached Li Chengliang for supporting his army and becoming king. He was called the commander of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, he became king. He suggested that Li Chengliang be removed from his position as the commander of the army and let the Huanneng minister guard Liaodong…
Otherwise, Li Chengliang will certainly become a disaster for the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial and knew that it was a plot to turn the tables.
This kind of move was the most offensive.
If Zhu Yijun fell for it and replaced Li Chengliang at the last minute, the fertile land of Liaodong would probably fall into the hands of the Jianzhou Jurchen…
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The peerless masters of Six Fan School returned to the capital with the heads of Ren Woxing, Dongfang Bubai, and the others. Feng Bao led the Jinyiwei back to the capital. The destruction of the Sun Moon Sect finally made Feng Bao relieved. He hoped that he could make up for his mistakes and keep his position as the Imperial Horse Supervisor of the East Hall.
After Qi Jiguang received two million taels of silver, he began to vigorously develop the navy. Moreover, he moved all the big ships from Jiangnan Shipyard to Tanggu.
Those ships were built when Zheng He went to the West. Until now, they were still world-class warships. However, the Ming Navy had always been short of money and crew. These ships were all parked in the docks, waiting for worms to hatch.
After Qi Jiguang received the silver, the first thing he did was to repair the big ships and sail to Tanggu.
The Ming Navy was world-famous, but unfortunately, during the Jiajing period, the national treasury was short of money, causing these world-class ships to be buried in the dock and never go out to sea again...
It was not until Zhu Yijun gave Qi Jiguang two million taels of silver that the fleet that once ran amok in the Atlantic Ocean finally saw the light of day again. Although those big ships had a history of more than a hundred years, they did not decay at all. These big ships were still the world's first-class ships.
Qi Jiguang trained the navy and mounted the most advanced cannons on the giant ship, showing extraordinary combat power.
The Folangji merchants plundered wealth all over the world. They plundered many specialties from the Wei Nation and prepared to transport them to Jiangnan to trade with merchants from Guangdong and Guangxi.
When they passed by the coastal defense of Ming Dynasty, they were shocked by a giant ship.
It was a large ship, 148 meters long and 60 meters wide. The ship had four floors, nine masts, and twelve sails. The anchor weighed a few thousand pounds, and it would take two to three hundred people to set sail.
Twelve cannons emerged from the firing holes on both sides. The terrifying muzzles were aimed outside…
They had never seen such a big ship before. They knew that the largest ship in Portugal was the Santa Maria. However, the Santa Maria was only 27 meters long and 6 meters wide...
Compared to this behemoth, the Santa Maria, which was known as the indestructible warship of Portugal, was an unremarkable little thing.
If all the masts of the Ming Dynasty's giant ship were cut off and made into a deck, then the Saint Maria would be placed on the deck of the Ming Dynasty's giant ship. If two ships were placed side by side, 50 Saint Marys could be placed...
The Santa Maria was already a top-notch sailing warship that the Portugal were proud of.
They called the Santa Maria unsinkable.
It was only when this group of self-proclaimed knowledgeable Franc Mechs saw the huge ship that they collapsed in fear...
This group of Franc Mechs realized a serious problem…
What was the Ming Empire, which had always imposed a ban on the sea, going to do?
When did they suddenly have such a huge and advanced ship?
These Franc Mechs didn't know that this giant ship had a history of more than 150 years. Before they left Europe, the Ming Navy had already circled Africa several times.
The Franc Mechs brought the news that the Ming Empire had advanced ships back to Europe. The European countries that were in the industrial era were curious about the Ming Empire in the far east.
However, they did not believe what the Portugal said. They did not believe that the Ming Empire had such advanced shipbuilding technology.
However, Europe was too far away from the distant East. At this time, European countries were still frantically snatching slaves from Africa and gold from America.
These European empires still didn't know that the Ming Empire in the far east had already revealed its fangs. It wouldn't be long before these European empires would encounter an unprecedented impact!
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Zhu Yijun ascended the hall, and the civil and military officials entered the hall to stand on the left and right. Outside the hall, there were many imperial guards and imperial guards.
Ever since the assassination attempt, the security in the Forbidden City had become much tighter.
After all the officials had paid their respects to the Emperor, they began to submit their memorials.
Starting from Gao Gong, many civil officials participated in the report, from the southwest Lamaism not obeying the local government's restrictions to the northwest border residents harassing the border.
From the garrison in the capital to the return of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Yin Zhengmao, to report on his work.
After a few years of suppressing bandits, the bandits in Guangdong and Guangxi had basically been pacified…
After the memorial was presented, Gao Gong stepped forward and began the main theme of today's court session!
The previous memorials were all small matters. Gao Gong's memorials were the most important!
Now, the Ming Empire's treasury is abundant, and the morale of the soldiers is high. However, the Jurchen of Jianzhou actually killed an official of our dynasty. Their crime is unforgivable. Now, the Liaodong General Li Chengliang has gathered 200,000 troops to attack the Jurchen tribe...
In the imperial court, Gao Gong's voice was deafening.
The civil and military officials in the imperial court were agitated.
"A small Jurchen tribe actually dares to resist my Ming Dynasty. Your Majesty, in order to prevent the Jurchen tribe from escaping, you should send a team of brave and skilled people into the grasslands to wait for fatigue and prevent the remaining Jurchen from escaping to Menggu territory…"
"Meng Gu has already suffered a great loss and is unable to send troops to rescue the Jurchen tribe. Now is the best time to destroy the Jurchen tribe!”
In the court, there was already a debate about the deployment after the destruction of the Jurchen tribe. In their opinion, the Jurchen tribe only had 70,000 troops, and some of them were young. On the other hand, Li Chengliang had 200,000 troops, more than three times the Jurchen tribe. Moreover, they were all elites of Liaodong. They would win without losing.
Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon throne and suddenly stood up."I didn't want to fight with other countries, but these barbarians are bullying me because I'm young. If I don't send troops to destroy them, I won't be able to sit on this dragon throne! Last night, a speech officer impeached Li Chengliang. This was the Nuzhen clan's plan to sow discord. How could they change generals in battle?! From now on, if you impeach Li Chengliang again, you will be beheaded!”
Zhu Yijun's voice was as sonorous as clashing daggers, and all the civil and military officials held their breaths.
Although the little emperor was young, he was decisive and wise. With the emperor's full support, Li Chengliang had no worries. This time, the Jurchen tribe would probably be wiped out.
If the 200,000-strong army could not destroy the Jurchen tribe, then Li Chengliang was either in name only or he was deliberately raising a tiger. Zhu Yijun would definitely take Li Chengliang down.
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