Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

Chapter 482 That’s right

"So, your eldest grandson has a lot of problems. Being young and frivolous is not a virtue. Not to mention being an emperor."

Zhang Sanfeng gave his comment halfway through listening.

"No one is perfect. Zhan Ji was not a very stable person at that time. I was stupid and my child was still young."

Zhang Xin thought her son was perfect in every way at the time, and now that she has a new experience, she naturally has a deeper understanding.

After all, it’s because their elders didn’t teach them well.

"So what happened later? You said earlier that he was defeated and captured, but he fought back and restored the throne?"

Zhang Sanfeng did not argue, but just guided Zhang Xin to continue speaking.

"Hmm. Since you are not an insider, you may be able to see things more clearly than I do."

Zhang Xin did not go through this part, and watched the entire process from the Gongdesi side.

I only repeated it to Zhang Sanfeng once.

In July of the 14th year of the Zhengtong reign, the Mongolian leader Yesen launched a large-scale border invasion of the Ming Dynasty on the pretext that the Ming Dynasty had cut the price of horses.

The Datong defenders were defeated and the castle outside the Great Wall fell. The news from the border reached the court, and the whole court was in a panic.

Zhu Qizhen ignored the dissuasion of his ministers and ordered his younger brother Zhu Qiyu to stay behind in July while he personally led the army to war.

It is said that all military and political affairs were decided arbitrarily by Wang Zhen, who accompanied the emperor on the expedition. In the end, the 300,000-strong army was defeated by 30,000 foreign enemies in the Tumu Fort area. Wang Zhen was killed, Yingzong was captured by Yesen, and 66 ministers including the Minister of War Kuang Ye and the Minister of Revenue Wang Zuo died in the battle.

The Ministry of Merit called this battle the "Tumu Incident" and also said that this was the beginning of the decline of the Zhu Dynasty.

"How big of a border violation would it take to cause the fall of the castle?"

Zhang Sanfeng interrupted Zhang Xin and asked.

He felt that this passage was very vague, and many key figures were not mentioned. The figures were included later, and the ten to one ratio was even more ridiculous.

"The Merit Bureau didn't record it in detail. That's about it."

Zhang Xin also felt it was too simple, but that was all.

"Then tell me, before the Civil Engineering Movement, when you were alive, besides winning the battles in the southwest and northwest, what else did your grandson do that you think might be related."

Zhang Sanfeng needs more previous information before he can make a deduction.

"I think about it, maybe three."

"After the victories in the southwest and northwest, Qi Zhen began to clean up the border and reorganize the army, investigating grain depots, those who ate empty salaries, and those who smuggled arms.

"In the sixth year of Zhengtong, Qi Zhen sent eunuchs to Southeast Asia, preparing to restart the voyages to the West during the Yongle reign."

"In the eighth year of Zhengtong, Fujian had built 120 seagoing ships in preparation for sailing to the West."

Zhang Xin deduced these questions from this life. Zhu Zhanji was also obsessed with reopening maritime trade.

"now it's right!"

Zhang Sanfeng clapped his hands.

With his 200 years of experience, he knows that everything has a reason.

The few brief records in the Merit Department only record the cause, process and result of the event, but in fact the details are the decisive factors.

When Mongolia invaded the border, how many people were needed to cause the castle to fall? Attacking a city is far from being accomplished by just tens of thousands of soldiers.

If he were asked to draw inferences, whether or not he had violated any boundary would be a problem.

Zhang Xin had also talked to him before about the civil officials trying to control the government to benefit the large landowners in the south of the Yangtze River behind them.

Zhu Qizhen attempted to reopen maritime trade, which destroyed the foundation of other people's wealth.

This has already made these mad people want to kill. They have killed so many royal family members and nobles before, and they don't mind the death of a little emperor.

What's worse is that Zhu Qizhen was investigating the ills in the army.