The Ming Dynasty was the golden age after the Han and Tang Dynasties.

During the Yongle period, martial arts flourished and the world was in great rule. Annan was recovered and the Chief Secretary of Jiaozhi was established.

Zhu Di consecrated the three kings of Oara to oppose the Tatars. Seeing the resurgence of Oara, he also helped the Tatars to conquer Oara to prevent any one party from becoming dominant.

At the same time, autonomy was granted to the three health camps of Duoyan, Taining and Fuyu in Uliangha Mongolia.

Zhu Di also suppressed the Ulyankha Mongols in 1406 and 1422 to maintain stability in this region.

Zhu Di pacified the Jurchen tribes in the Northeast, set up guard posts in the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens who had surrendered, and sent Yi Shiha to appease the savage Jurchens in the lower reaches of Heilongjiang.

In 1407, Yishuha established the Nurgan Dusi in Talin on the other side of Huntongjiangmiao Street to expand the eastern border of the Ming Dynasty. In 1413, Yishuha inspected Sakhalin Island and declared the Ming Dynasty's sovereignty over this place.

At this time, the territory of the Ming Dynasty started from Korea in the east, Tubo in the west, Annan in the south, and Daqi in the north.

Now Annan has established an independent country, Liaodong is in the hands of the Jian slaves, and various Mongolian tribes have been conquered by the Jian slaves one after another.

During the period of Emperor Chongzhen, the territory of the Ming Dynasty had shrunk a lot (not all was lost by the Chongzhen Dynasty)

After the Jiannu conquered various Mongolian tribes, they repeatedly detoured to Mongolia and entered the Pass to plunder. Judging from the current situation and the corrupt Ming army, all the territories outside the Pass will be lost sooner or later.

If the crown prince can really regain the lost land in Liaodong, it will be a great surprise for Chongzhen. A hundred years later, he will be worthy of his Ming ancestors, not to mention restoring the peak territory of the Yongle period.

At that time, when he saw Emperor Hongwu Gao and Emperor Yongle, Emperor Chongzhen could hold his head high and say:

"I have created another prosperous era of Chongzhen, and Zhu Youjian is worthy of being the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty."

"But can my son do it?"

To be honest, Chongzhen didn't believe it. Seeing Zhu Cixiang looking like a scoundrel, Chongzhen said angrily:

"If you can restore the territory of the country to the peak of the Ming Dynasty, how about my Zen position with you?"

Zhu Cixi did not expect that the emperor would say this, so he touched his head in embarrassment:

"This... this is not good! My father is still very young, how can I allow you to become the Zen king..."

"In three years, the territory of the Ming Dynasty has been restored to its peak. Even if you are the Ziwei Emperor Star descending to earth, you can't do it. Where will the food come from, and the money will not fall from the sky."

Chongzhen kept chattering, but his hands did not stop. He actually drafted a new purpose for Zhu Cihong.

Zhu Cihong took a peek and found that Emperor Laozi had actually written "Three years of extermination of the bandits, pacification of the slaves, conquest of all Mongolian tribes, restoration of the three declarations and six consolations, my Zen position and the crown prince Zhu Cihong"...

Zhu Cixiang was immediately shocked:

"Holy shit, that's not right! This is seriously inconsistent with the character of Emperor Chongzhen seen in history. Could it be that the history of the Ming Dynasty has been tampered with so seriously? Is this an imperial edict? This is just a bet contract!!"

After Chongzhen finished writing, he handed over the "Purpose" to Zhu Cixi:

"Take it to the cabinet to have it stamped with a seal and promulgated to the world!"

Zhu Cihong thought of the expressions and indignation of the great scholars in the cabinet when they saw the purpose, and he almost couldn't help laughing.

"Father, is this...isn't this bad?"

Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly darkened:

"I keep my word..."

Seeing that the emperor wanted to get angry, Zhu Cixiang hurriedly took over the purpose and hurriedly stamped all kinds of seals on it.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw Nizi's appearance, his head suddenly blackened...

In fact, Chongzhen was really tired. As the ninth emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he slept like a dog every day, got up later than a chicken, and ate almost all of the five dishes and one soup that were vegetarian. As a result, the Ming Dynasty got worse and worse.

As an emperor, Chongzhen didn't know what happiness was, let alone happiness. If possible, he really wanted to have a good rest.

It wasn't until Zhu Cixiang put away his "purpose" and sat back beside him obediently that Chongzhen spoke:

"You are too murderous. Many ministers in the court are dissatisfied with you. Please be careful in doing things in the future. My father does not want to see an accident happen before the Ping Liao Dynasty in three years. Today, Cheng Guogong is a good example. How do you plan to deal with Zhu Chunchen?"

"killed!"

Zhu Cixi's words "fengqingyundan" shocked Chongzhen again, and the emperor's face instantly turned pale.

"What are you talking about? Zhu Chunchen is an extraordinary being, the Duke of the Ming Dynasty. If you kill him like this, just remove him from his title!"

Zhu Cixiang cupped his hands and said:

"Father, you are good at everything, but you are too soft-hearted. Zhu Chunchen was corrupt and wasted money, and the 80,000 troops in the capital camp were so devastated by him that even the top of the capital city was dissatisfied.

Today, I have turned my son away from the city again. If I were not the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, do you think I could still sit in the Qianqing Palace and talk to you? Zhu Chunchen's move is like regicide, and he must not be spared lightly.

According to Jin Yiwei's report, they copied one million taels of silver from Zhu Chunchen's house. When his father called on the courtiers to raise donations, Zhu Chunchen only donated three thousand taels.

The Ming Dynasty raised him as a Duke for more than two hundred years. Is this how Zhu Chunchen repays the Ming Dynasty? Today, I was assassinated when I entered the city. I suspect that it is also related to Zhu Chunchen!"

Hearing that Zhu Chunchen had one million taels of silver in his house, Chongzhen was furious. He was about to scold Zhu Chunchen for being a corrupt official and should be killed. Suddenly, he heard that Zhu Cixiang had been assassinated, and Chongzhen was furious again:

"What? Someone actually assassinated the emperor. I still rely on the emperor to pacify the world. If anyone dares to touch a hair on the emperor, I will punish his nine clans and send Li Ruolian to see me!"

Zhu Cihong was moved by Chongzhen's words of protecting his son. Despite his words of being a rebellious son, he actually still loved his son very much in his heart.

Zhu Cihong said that one million taels of silver were confiscated from Zhu Chunchen's house, but this was only based on historical records, and there is currently no evidence.

When his father summoned Li Ruolian, Zhu Cixiang couldn't help but panic. If the historical records were wrong, the prestige he had just established in Chongzhen's heart might collapse instantly.

Soon, Li Ruolian walked into the Qianqing Palace and saw that the Crown Prince was there, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet the Emperor and Crown Prince:

"See your majesty, see your highness!"

"Pingsheng!"

In order to prevent Li Ruolian from talking nonsense, Zhu Cixiang spoke first:

"Master Li, have you confiscated millions of taels of silver from Zhu Chunchen's residence and reported it to your father truthfully?"

Zhu Cixiang felt a little distressed when he said this. All the gold and silver confiscated this time may have to be turned over. What a pity!

Li Ruolian bowed and reported:

"Reporting to your majesty, the property worth about 1.2 million taels of silver was seized from Duke Chengguo's residence. In addition, Yue Yang has interrogated the person behind the assassin, who is Zhu Chunchen, Duke of Chengguo, and General Zhu Zhizhou of the Shenji Battalion is also involved!"

"Sure enough, it was the assassin sent by Zhu Chunchen! I cut off his financial resources and publicly beat him. Zhu Chunchen couldn't swallow this tone and took the risk!"

Hearing that the assassin was really related to Zhu Chunchen, Zhu Cixiang forgot the amount of money for a moment. He regretted that he did not exterminate Zhu Chunchen's clan, as it would be too cheap for them to be exiled.

Just when Zhu Cixiang regretted not killing the entire Zhu Chunchen clan, Emperor Chongzhen made a timely assist:

"Zhu Chunchen is a coward. Thanks to me, I have always been kind to Duke Cheng's family. If he commits corruption, I can spare his life, but I cannot assassinate anyone else. Send an edict to kill the nine Zhu Chunchen clans and confiscate all their property!"

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