Chapter 176: The natural enemy of the official position

A faint fire ignited, but it made the Yuxi Palace Hall look dark and deep.

Then a little fire like beans lit a candle, which allowed Li Fang's eyes to look at the object slightly. His face turned pale and his forehead was covered with sweat, but he didn't bother to wipe it. Instead, he reignited the extinguished candles as quickly as possible.

The room gradually became light, and the emperor's thin and steep figure finally appeared. His face looked like the cold winter outside the door, with a stern and slaughtering feeling, without saying a word.

Li Fang finally lit all the candles tremblingly. By wiping sweat with her sleeves, she looked at the emperor and saw that Emperor Jiajing was still motionless, just staring blankly in front of her.

After a long time, the emperor slowly spoke, "Who is on duty outside today?"

Li Fang quickly said, "Long live, it's Mr. Xu."

"Let him come in and talk." The emperor lowered his head weakly.

When Xu Jie hurried in under the leadership of Li Fang, Emperor Jiajing was already half lying on his back on the bright yellow soft satin backrest of the Bagua bed, as if he was asleep.

The two of them did not dare to disturb His Majesty, so they had to kneel quietly on the ground, waiting for the emperor's questioning.

After a long time, the emperor's voice came quietly: "Xu Jie, Zhang Jing is the one you recommended. I also entrusted the important task of fighting against the Japanese according to my words. All my requirements for him were met. I would give him all the power to kill and seize. It can be said that my relatives believed it and could use it. Even Yan Song had never obtained such authority!" Speaking of this, Jiajing slapped the bright yellow pillow heavily, and the blue veins on his thin arms swelled up. He sat up and looked at Xu Jie with his eyes curled up, as if he wanted to eat people, and almost roared: "But what about him? He enjoyed his own power, domineering, he was respectful, and raised money! It was simply outrageous to have no king or father!" He grabbed the pillow with both hands, and his sharp nails were already deeply trapped in.

When Xu Jie heard this, his heart was filled with coldness, his heart filled with Ge Lao Yan's grin. He knew that he had finally gained a little advantage, and now he would easily waste it... and he would face an extremely dangerous situation in the future, because that person had already regarded himself as a great enemy!

He almost fainted, so he quickly pinched his thighs and kowtowed back to his senses and said, "Please put the dragon body first, don't be angry."

"You gangs of useless people have almost lost my country. How can I take care of it?" Emperor Jiajing kicked over the jade chime in front of him and screamed: "You said that because the Japanese pirates fled to several provinces, they should set up a governor to take charge of the power of anti-Japanese war. I have listened to you; you said that you should attack the south and defend the north, and first do your best to solve the Japanese pirates, and then turn around and deal with the northern Tartars. I have listened to you! I have given you the most precious trust

, But what do you use to repay me!" The emperor waved his hands and said hysterically: "The south is still in control of the army, do not fight, and let the Japanese pirates plunder my wealth and food, kill the people of Jiangnan! The north is still in control of the army, do not fight! He actually let the old slave chief of Altan, go straight in, and let the Altan soldiers plunder outside Beijing, making the doorstep scorched earth and the lives of the creatures be ruined! You deserve all your sins!!!"

The sound was like a wounded beast, shrill and violent. Obviously, the emperor's inner frustration had reached an unparalleled level.

Xu Jie and Li Fang could only kowtow desperately, and shed tears to persuade her to calm down.

While smashing things, Jiajing cursed desperately in Huguang dialect... But no one understood what he was scolding. Finally, when he finished smashing everything, he could only smash Xu Jie and Li Fang. Then he sat under the couch, leaning against the gossip bed, gasping heavily.

Li Fang hurried forward and gave the emperor a happy moment, crying, "Master, if you are not feeling well, just beat me. If you can make you happy, it will be worth it to beat me to death."

Xu Jie also kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, everything is the fault of me. I am willing to resign and bear all the blame. But please take care of the dragon body..." As he said that, he took off his head, put it aside, and pressed his head tightly to the ground.

First, he vented his heart and soul, and after their sincere persuasion, Emperor Jiajing's anger was almost gone. He sighed and said, "Xu Jie, it's not easy for you, I know... This time the Tartars surrounded the capital, and it was all because of your proper response, so that you did not lose your national constitution. I accept this love..."

Xu Jie kowtowed to the ground and said he did not dare... The emperor said that "Tartars surrounded the capital" refers to the leader of the Mongolian Wala tribe, Altan Khan, who led tens of thousands of cavalry, bypassed the useless Xuanda defense line in September, broke through the capital's gate, Jimen, and robbed the prefectures and counties around Beijing. Then he stopped in Tongzhou and peeked at the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Altan Khan, commonly known as Altan, did not attack Beijing City. This was not because he was friendly to the Ming Dynasty, but because he had too few soldiers... The unswerving hostile attitude of the Ming Dynasty for more than 170 years made the Mongolian tribes always in a harsh living environment of scarcity of materials, and could no longer recover to the strength of their ancestors, and had lost the strength and courage to capture the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

On the other hand, since the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Beijing, it has been using the capital as a barrier and guarding the national gates with the emperor, protecting the Central Plains and Jiangnan behind it with a strong attitude... Although the Ming Dynasty's military strength has declined from prosperity since the Tumu Fort, this toughness has never been lost.

To be honest, isn’t it just a fight to Beijing? The men in our capital have long been used to it... Anyway, you can’t defeat Beijing, so you have to go back sooner or later.

However, Emperor Jiajing worked hard day and night, and did not invite the Five Emperors, but instead attracted Altan, the god of mourning. Although he was not very scared, he could imagine his aggrievance. He also knew that he could not count on the Sanqing Daojun this time, so he quickly ordered the troops from all over the country to serve the king, while asking Yan Song to take full responsibility, and seized the time to drive away the gang of killers.

Yan Ge would never take the blame, so he quickly found Ding Rukui, the Minister of War, to let him be fully responsible and seize the time to drive away the gang of killers.

Ding Rukui couldn't find a suitable candidate, so he passed on the blame, so he had to bear the blame. But after going to the Beijing Camp for a walk around, Lord Ding even felt the desire to hang himself... Because the 12 Beijing Camps with 140,000 people were organized, including the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, there were less than 50,000 people, and the remaining more than 90,000 brothers only saw their names but not their names.

Ding Shangshu was in charge of the Ministry of War, so he naturally knew that these 90,000 brothers were not abandoned collectively, but were eaten by the officers of the Beijing camp... which is the legendary "vacancies". He had to look for Master Yan with a sad face and said that he must not fight with the Tartars. If he didn't fight, we would still be a paper tiger that could fool people. Once he hit, he would be exposed.

When Master Yan heard this, he was numb and pondered for a while, and finally gave a slowly instruction: "We can still talk to them."

The more dark blame was left to be taken on by Ding Shangshu. He secretly sent someone out of the city and explained his purpose to Altan: "Please offer a price, how can you get out?"

Altan was a happy person and quickly replied: "If you open the market, get out." In fact, the reason why Mongolian tribes robbed the border of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years is that in addition to the pleasure of getting nothing for nothing, that is, they lack almost everything except cattle, sheep and horses... so that when they robbed, they were happier than gold, silver and jewelry.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty was not masochist. They opened up the market a hundred years ago and allowed them to exchange horses, cattle and sheep for the daily necessities they needed. This was a good thing, but it must be based on the equal status of both sides... In fact, the Ming Dynasty was vast and there was nothing short of everything, and they did not care about the little animals of the Mongolians at all. The Mongolians also watched the Ming Dynasty's border defense gradually become increasingly deflated, and seemed easier to bully, and felt that forced buying and selling was also a good choice.

Especially Altan and his father, the "Little Prince", this bandit father and son often used inferior products as good products as good products as good products as little products as much as many. They used a few lame and blind thin horses to exchange for a large number of tea cloths in the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty people were not capable, they were always tough towards barbarians, so they naturally would not suffer as much as the Song Dynasty.

After a while, the Mongolian bandits could not exchange things, so the Mongolian bandits directly robbed and killed the Ming Dynasty's mutual market officials. The consequence was that the mutual market would be closed. If you want something, come and grab it.

Now that Altan wants to force the Ming Dynasty to resume trading, it is tanta that he uses a knife to force Emperor Jiajing on the neck and asks him to promise the Mongols to continue to buy and sell forcing them. Is it tolerable, but who is unbearable?

Shangshu Ding did not dare to agree to such conditions, and Ge Lao Yan did not dare to agree to it. He could only report to Emperor Jiajing and ask His Majesty to decide.

Jiajing was also one with two big heads, so he called the wastes in the cabinet, took out the letter of nationality submitted by Altan, and asked them what to do.

On weekdays, the cabinet is played by Master Yan, and other cabinet members are just decorations. So when Master Yan also becomes a decoration, the hall is in silence that makes the emperor crazy.

The emperor was furious, and he stared at Yan Song and said, "You are talking!"
Chapter completed!