Among the ten evil and unforgivable serious crimes in ancient times, the top three were rebellion, major rebellion, and rebellion.

The meaning of treason is concise and clear. To put it bluntly, it means that you want to create an emperor's rebellion. You will be sentenced to death by all the family on the crime and you will also be punished by the three tribes.

The crime of pursuing great rebellion is to destroy the ancestral temples, mountain monuments and palaces. The punishment is slightly lighter and only kills the whole family. The three tribes in the side are exiled for three thousand miles.

The crime of treason is to betray the country from a false sense. To put it simply, it is to betray the country, surrender to the enemy country or local separatist regime, and support peasant uprisings and other armed resistance.

Objectively speaking, Zhu Qizhen's crime of treason for Chen Yichen was not unfair. The Grand Master also set aside the charges he casually, and just happened to be a coincidence...

However, Zhu Qizhen would never know the relationship between Chen Yichen and the Fujian rebels, let alone Chen Yichen was also the primary contributor to Fujian's rebellion in his eyes.

He insisted on the charge of treason for meritorious officials. Even as an emperor, he could not act so recklessly. What's more, Zhu Qizhen's current situation is no different from that of a "monarch who has destroyed his country".

"Taishi, I remember Chen is the third grade of my Ming Dynasty. The merits of rebellion in the world are known to everyone. Convictions of oneself may cause turmoil in the court, and all officials will be in danger!"

Power is a bottom-up principle. As the emperor, Zhu Qizhen knew very well that his greatest reliance on returning to Beijing to regain power was the allegiance of civil and military officials to himself. His actions of conviction without any fault will destroy the balance between the monarch and the ministers. When officials in the court feel that the emperor is threatening him, they will establish a new monarch.

"Your Majesty, since you don't know that Chen Yichen's army is outside the border, it means that he has not been summoned to the capital. Isn't this enough to convict of treason?"

"Foreign ministers believe that it is not an exaggeration to convict of treason."

After experiencing several consecutive confrontations with Chen Yichen in Tumu Fort, the current Taishi has already listed Chen Yichen as one of his most important opponents, rather than looking at the other party with the eyes of a weak scholar.

Threats must be eliminated!

Tai Shi Yeshen was not an illiterate grassland. On the contrary, he had read the Central Plains books and the story of Emperor Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty recalling Yue Fei with twelve gold medals. He was also very clear about it.

Now that Zhu Qizhen is in his hands, even if Chen Yichen wants to be the "Yue Fei" of the Ming Dynasty, he has to face the golden arrow of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. Why not do it if he can get rid of this powerful opponent without bloodshed?

As for the reason why the crime of rebellion was not just that he was kind-hearted and disobedient, but that he would involve Duke Cheng. With the current situation, the Ming Dynasty may give up a Chen Yichen, but it is absolutely impossible to destroy Duke Cheng’s three tribes with just one imperial edict from the captured emperor.

Too much is not enough, and the Taishi was very familiar with the power struggle of the Ming court. It was not that easy for the honorary relatives who lived with the country to destroy the clan. It was enough to use Chen Yichen's head to bid farewell to Changshengtian to pay tribute to the heroic spirits of the Mongolian warriors!

"Tai Shi, this matter is quite a matter, I need to consider it carefully."

Zhu Qizhen did the matter of destroying the Great Wall once with the British Duke Zhang Fu. No matter how stupid he is, he knows that he can't do it a second time.

When he heard that Zhu Qizhen had not agreed to his request, Ye Xian's face suddenly became gloomy and said coldly: "Your Majesty, since you don't know how to make a decision, then the foreign minister will ask someone to help you make a decision."

After saying that, Yesen looked at Xining and continued, "Eunuch Xi, I heard that there were eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty who criticized the power of the kingdom. Otherwise, you should write for Your Majesty."

The author of the criticism of the emperor was to save trouble and slacken the power given to the eunuchs on behalf of the emperor, and the source of the emperor was ultimately the imperial power.

Now we should avoid the authorization of the invoice to be awarded the dividend first, and let the eunuchs issue an imperial edict directly, where should we place our emperor?

Zhu Qizhen felt a sense of humiliation that was improper, but he did not dare to vent his anger on Yexian. He could only turn around and look at Xining with wide eyes, trying to oppress the other party to refuse Yexian's order.

This kind of pressure may be useful to loyal ministers, and Xining had long since wanted to bind to the broken ship of Zhu Qizhen. In addition, his Mongolian origins did not even apply to the word "traitor", so he would definitely make things right...

So he completely ignored Zhu Qizhen's gaze and crawled on the ground and flattered at Yesen: "I have admired the Grand Master for a long time, and I hope to serve in front of the saddle!"

Looking at Xining's flattering look of begging for glory, she also showed a hint of mockery on her face. It was really a scattered place, even the emperor who was tall was no exception.

However, Xining has been out of the nine borders of the town for many years and is very familiar with the Ming Dynasty's border defense deployment. The role of putting him by his side is much greater than staying here to take care of Zhu Qizhen.

"It turns out that people who know the times are heroes. Then you will follow me in the future. Your Majesty, I will arrange for others to take care of you."

"I thank the Grand Master for his kindness!"

After receiving Yesen's promise, Xining immediately kowtowed with a smile.

This scene made Zhu Qizhen feel like he was heartbroken. He once trusted Xi Ning so much, and even humiliated the British Duke of the Ming Dynasty. He also set a precedent for giving land to eunuchs in all dynasties.

In the end, it was so naked betrayal!

This moment made Zhu Qizhen deeply suspicious of the word "loyalty", and he dared not trust anyone anymore.

"Then the foreign minister will not disturb His Majesty's rest."

After achieving the desired goal, Yesen did not deliberately humiliate Zhu Qizhen. After all, the Ming Dynasty still stood in the Central Plains. As the saying goes, it is good to be a good person and stay at the front line to meet each other in the future.

However, at this moment, eight cargo carriages were pushed out of Zhu Qizhen's tent, which pushed the soil and ground into ruts, showing the weight of goods on the side.

"Brother, the Ming Dynasty court has transported the ransom. I heard that the empress dowager and the queen paid it, and it is very valuable!"

Boyan Temur's face showed an excited expression. Ming Dynasty products were much more exquisite than those on the grassland, and royal supplies were even more exquisite. Now they made a fortune.

"Open and take a look."

Yeshen actually didn't have much interest in things like gold, silver and jewelry. He was a completely unparalleled hero, and his goal was always on the Central Plains.

As long as they can win the Central Plains Flower World, these things are not the Mongols’ pockets?

With Yesen's order, several Mongolian soldiers opened the wooden box on the carriage, and the gold, silver and jewelry inside emitted a charming light under the sunlight, making the Mongolian soldiers who had never seen good things stupid.

However, Ye Xian quickly came to his senses and set his sights on one of the dragon robes. This was the cold-proof fur that the Empress Dowager Sun was worried that Zhu Qizhen would be frozen on the grassland, so he prepared for him in advance.

The love between the mother and the wandering son, the relationship between the mother and the son may be the small family affection of the royal family.

In addition to the cold-proof clothes, some of them were jewelry that Zhu Qizhen stood there blankly after seeing. He recognized that it was a treasure ornament of his queen!

The reason why Zhu Qizhen was shocked was not the queen's jewelry itself, but the fact that he realized that the ransom paid by the court to Mongolia did not come from the national treasury, they came from the harem.

Going further, the court did not agree to the conditions for Wassai to pay the ransom, and he was on the verge of being abandoned by his ministers!

Emperor Zhu Qizhen was not very good at being, and he was even less good at fighting, but he had indeed achieved perfection in the way of controlling the emperor's mind. Otherwise, he would not have been able to rely on the Nangong Incident to steal the throne of his son after being imprisoned for seven years in history.

If Zhu Qizhen was just cowardly after the defeat, then now he felt a deep panic in his heart!

Once you are abandoned by court officials and have no protection from the emperor's identity, you will lose any value in the hands of Washu, and the outcome can be imagined.

Feeling a fatal crisis, backbone, dignity, majesty and other things will be left behind by Zhu Qizhen.

"This dress looks good. How about His Majesty's reward to the foreign minister?"

The Grand Master also picked up the dragon robe prepared by Empress Dowager Sun and asked Zhu Qizhen, Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty.

What the dragon robe represents is well known to everyone in the world. Ye Xian is step by step testing Zhu Qizhen's bottom line, trying to make the Emperor of Ming Dynasty completely surrender to him.

"If the Taishi likes it, just take it!"

What Yexian never expected was that Zhu Qizhen didn't even hesitate at all, and he agreed with a smile on his face.

"Okay, okay, then the foreign minister thanks His Majesty for his reward, haha!"

Holding this dragon robe in his hand, the Grand Master also walked away with a heroic laugh. He had already realized Zhu Qizhen's transformation.

From this moment on, there is no more emperor of the Ming Dynasty!

Chen Yichen, on the other side, brought the food and weapons he had snatched back from the four border fortresses including Wanquan Zuoweicang, and returned to Huailai City in a mighty manner.

Seeing Chen Yichen returning from triumphant return, the soldiers who stayed in Huailai City finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, the appearance of running for life in a hurry after the defeat of the personal expedition army was too embarrassing. Except for Chen Yichen, no one dared to use such soldiers to counterattack the powerful Mongolian enemy troops except Chen Yichen.

Facts prove that Admiral Chen has a far-sighted vision, and even more proof that the Ming Dynasty's personal army was not a group of stray dogs!

"The Ming army is mighty!"

Facing the return of victory, the soldiers of the guards who stayed in Huailai City shouted the battle horns belonging to the Ming army to celebrate the victory of this counterattack.

"The Ming army is mighty!"

The same shouts were shouted out from the mouths of the soldiers of the personal expedition. They finally raised their heads and stood in front of the brothers in robe, defending their dignity with iron and blood!

The sound of the deafening cry was passed to Duke Cheng's tent. He asked the deputy general Xue Shou in a weak tone, "Has Yi'er and Xiangbei returned?"

"Yes, Admiral Chen and Commander Zhu led the soldiers of the personal expedition to capture four acropolises and regain the food and equipment."

"Okay, better than blue than blue!"

Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng Guo, felt an indescribable relief in his heart at this moment. The personal army was defeated by the Mongolian cavalry at his own hands, but defeated the powerful enemy in his own hands.

This is the most powerful general!

After the cheers, Chen Yichen immediately came to his tent and prepared for the next withdrawal of the entire army to the capital.

Seeing Chen Yichen come in, Bian He picked up a document and said, "Master, this is a memorial to the court to ask the court to enter the capital. Do you see if there are any mistakes?"

"I feel at ease with Mr. Bian."

Chen Yichen did not take the memorial and looked at it carefully, but directly picked up the admiral seal on the table and stamped it on it, and then instructed Canghuoto to say, "Highly send this memorial to the capital. We must retreat in these few days, otherwise the Mongolian army will be rested and it will not be so easy to leave."

During the battle of Tumu Fort, hundreds of thousands of Ming troops' equipment and supplies fell into the hands of Tai Shi Yexian.

You should know that the premise of being the Five Barbarians of Han is that it is strong and strong horses and equipment crushing. By the Tang Dynasty, it was possible to fight three Turks in one Han. During the Song Dynasty, foreign races controlled horse farming and metal smelting technology. Heavy cavalry such as Tie Harrier appeared in Western Xia. The Jin Kingdom also had heavy infantry such as Tiefutu, and it became extremely difficult to gain the advantage of crushing.

A great man later said that he could despise the enemy strategically, but he should pay attention to the enemy tactical.

The Mongolian Iron Cavalry of the Taishi Yexian era was definitely not a weak person. With the blessing of elite equipment of the Ming Dynasty, they would only become stronger.

If you don’t retreat quickly, you have to reappear the scene of the day’s rear end. The Taishi suffered a loss first, so it will definitely not allow Chen Yichen to “escape” for the second time.

On August 21, 13th year of Zhengtong, the cloud of panic still enveloped the capital, not even weaker than the day when the news of the defeat of Tumu Fort was passed back.

All the ministers who can become officials in Beijing are the best among the officials and have basic judgments on the general trend. According to time calculations, the Mongolian Tartars have now rested from the war and will soon launch a more fierce attack.

In comparison, the defense of the capital is not much different from the previous few days.

After all, with the ancient traffic efficiency, not to mention recruiting soldiers from the Southern Guards to rush for assistance, just calling on soldiers from Shandong, Henan and other places to support the king, the fastest speed is that they may not be able to reach the capital without ten days or half a month.

On the contrary, the straight-line distance between the Mongolian Iron Cavalry and the capital is only a hundred miles. If you ride a horse and force it to march for one day, you can reach the city. What should you use to defend at that time?

At the moment when the civil and military officials in the court were in panic all day long, a memorial sent from Huailai City made them overjoyed.

The memorial written by Bian He reported in detail the actions of Chen Yichen leading the reinforcements over the days, including personally storming the rear of the army and counterattacking and seizing four border forts occupied by the Mongols.

The victory of the reinforcements seemed to shine a light of dawn in the hazy sky of the capital.

In the northern border of the Ming Dynasty, there is finally a war-able soldier!

However, the request from Chen Yichen at the end of the memorial made Empress Dowager Sun and King Zhu Qiyu feel inexplicably alert. Since the reinforcements can defeat the Mongols, why should I still ask for the garrison in the capital?

You should know that Chen Yichen only led tens of thousands of people to land at the Dagu Haidangkou, which was enough to make the court feel threatened. Now he has gathered the defeated personal expedition army, and after joining the Liaodong army who rushed to rescue, he has as many as 100,000 troops under his command.

If Chen Yichen really rebelled when he entered the capital, then the troops currently controlled by the court would probably have no power to fight back!

In a sense, Chen Yichen's current threat to the court is greater in the eyes of Queen Mother Sun than the Mongolians.

In the Huagai Hall, King Zhu Qiyu and Empress Dowager Sun were still sitting on both sides of the dragon chaise, one left and one right. The bead curtain that had been removed was now placed in place. Empress Dowager Sun knew that if he wanted to save his son, he had to rule the country from behind.
Chapter completed!