After broadcasting the ancient times live, I handed the system over to the state.

"As time went by, Zhu Qizhen was nine years old. Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, Zhu Zhanji, passed away, and the nine-year-old Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne."

"Empress Dowager Zhang ruled from behind the curtain, heavily relied on old officials, had a long-term vision, and worked well with the Three Yangs to govern the country. However, this period of prosperity did not last long, and the Three Yangs and the Empress Dowager passed away one after another."

"No one could stop Zhu Qizhen anymore, and Wang Zhen, the eunuch by Zhu Qizhen's side, began to show his talent and stir up trouble."

“During the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, there was an iron plaque that prohibited eunuchs from interfering in politics. Wang Zhen destroyed it, but no one in the court dared to protest.”

"From childhood to adulthood, perhaps because Wang Zhen was always by Zhu Qizhen's side, Zhu Qizhen relied heavily on Wang Zhen and addressed him as 'Teacher' or 'Father-in-law.'"

“During Wang Zhen’s time in power, political corruption was rampant, and bribery was commonplace. Even court officials had to offer him money when they came to pay their respects.”

Upon hearing that Wang Zhen had destroyed his tablet prohibiting eunuchs from interfering in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned ashen. "Outrageous! How many times have I said that eunuchs interfering in politics is extremely harmful? Is this your son, Fourth Prince?!"

Old Zhu had a strong urge to kill.

Zhu Biao quickly stepped forward and said, "Father, please calm down. Now that we have the Heavenly Curtain, everything can be avoided."

Even so, Old Zhu was still furious. "Look at this canopy, what's it calling a door! Does this mean this good-for-nothing will be captured later?!"

Old Zhu was still furious, but after Zhu Biao and other ministers gave their advice, the most important thing was that Zhu Biao said a few words. If it had been other ministers who gave advice, it would have had no effect at all, and they might have even added fuel to the fire.

He barely suppressed his raging anger and decided to watch the entire sky before making a decision.

He glared fiercely at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di shrank back.

This was also when the sky appeared, and Zhu Yuanzhang specially summoned all the princes who had already been granted the title of king to the court.

I never expected to see something that's even worse than a flatbread!

In the Yongle era, Zhu Di was also furious, especially when he saw Wang Zhen's name on the sky. He was filled with murderous intent. Not to mention Wang Zhen, he would also remember all the other names and drag them out one by one to exterminate their entire families!

Zhu Zhanji is now halfway to death. He lies on his bed, pale-faced, but still looks at the sky, for the sky holds the future.

But as soon as he saw Zhu Qizhen's nicknames, he knew they weren't good things. He felt a buzzing in his ears, and the imperial physician was right next to him. He immediately gave him acupuncture, and he finally recovered.

Zhu Qizhen, who was already in Oirat, was furious. "What hostage emperor? What pig riding me? Slander! All slander! These people from later generations were all from the Qing Dynasty, they must have written nonsense in the history books!"

No matter how angry he was, he didn't dare to vent his anger here.

Zhu Qiyu also looked at the sky, only with a faint sneer. Look, look, this is my imperial brother. Even in this state, there are still people who do not forget to welcome him back.

Zhu Jianshen shook his head slightly and sighed, but he still obediently helped his father wipe his bottom. There was really no other way, but his uncle was really pitiful.

……

Zhu Qinggu paused slightly before continuing, "Zhu Qizhen, who had just seized power, clearly still harbored ambitions to bring peace and stability to the country, and he worked diligently to govern well in the early years of his reign."

"At this time, the Oirat gradually grew stronger. Its leader, Toghon, unified the Oirat and Tatars and supported Toghtobuqa as Khan. Later, Toghon died and Esen succeeded him, holding great power."

At this moment, a map appeared in the sky, marking the location of the Ming Dynasty, the location of Esen's rule, and how Esen threatened the Ming Dynasty's borders.

Those who copied the maps in each dynasty also began to quickly sketch them out.

"The Oirat were powerful, and Esen became increasingly arrogant."

"Originally, the Oirat Mongols and the Ming Dynasty had a tributary trade relationship, but they always used the tributary system to extort rewards."

“Originally, the number of Oirat envoys should not have exceeded fifty per year. After the fourth year of the Zhengtong reign, the number of Oirat envoys exceeded two thousand per year, and they claimed to be three thousand, demanding a reward of three thousand people.”

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang established this tributary system of "returning small gifts but giving generously in return," and also listed countries such as Korea and Japan as places not subject to levies. These things were written into the "Ancestral Instructions."

If only Old Zhu knew that those places weren't entirely worthless, like that a certain island had a silver mountain that had been mined for hundreds of years and was still being mined.

However, this was just Zhu Qinggu's wishful thinking.

She quickly went through a series of scenarios in her mind for a few seconds, and then said, "Wang Zhen was determined to play a trick on them. He insisted on paying according to the number of people and also lowered the price of horses. Esen was furious and led the Oirat Mongols on a large-scale southward invasion."

"When this news reached the capital, the officials were indignant. Wang Zhen persuaded Zhu Qizhen to lead the army in person, just like his great-grandfather, the Yongle Emperor. So they had no more than five days to prepare before they hurriedly led their army away."

"All the officials advised against making such a move, but Wang Zhen did not listen. In the end, Zhu Qizhen took many civil and military officials with him."

Those knowledgeable about military affairs under the sky were stunned.

Even those who don't understand find it strange.

Zhang Lin was just an ordinary citizen who had just gotten married. He said arrogantly, "Even my family takes more than five days to prepare for welcoming my new bride. How can 500,000 people be properly prepared with food and supplies in five days?"

"Five days?" Zhao Kuangyin laughed in anger. At least this was no longer his Song Dynasty, but why compare this Ming Dynasty emperor, who was destined to lose sooner or later, and lose miserably, even losing like the emperor in the sky, who had no bottom line at all, with that so-called Emperor Huizong and Emperor Qinzong of Song?

Zhao Kuangyin had a premonition that these would also be two incompetent and tyrannical rulers.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuangyin felt his blood rush to his head. What kind of god had his Zhao family offended that there were so many incompetent rulers among them?!

What can be accomplished in five days? Five days will pass in the blink of an eye. Just gathering enough provisions, especially enough for an army of 500,000, will take more than five days.

Zhuge Liang understood this very well. He sighed slightly, for some things in the sky could indeed serve as a warning to people.

"Five days?" Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry he couldn't speak. He was even imitating Zhu Di.

At least the fourth prince has led troops himself. You, who have never led troops, are here listening to the words of some eunuch and even bringing along civil and military officials. What is the purpose of bringing so many civil officials?

To send them there to their deaths?

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even dare to think about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a useless person. Even a lump of mud on the ground or cow dung was more useful than Zhu Qizhen's brain.

No wonder he has the nickname "Pig Riding the Emperor"!

Zhu Qinggu was unaware of the uproar caused by the sky curtain, and instead he was adding fuel to the fire. "In early August, the army arrived in Datong and suffered defeats at the front. Wang Zhen, whom Zhu Qizhen trusted and was in charge of military and political affairs, dared not report the incident because of his cowardice."