[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter":3,"chapter-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter-great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-110":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Ming: I Die Daily Remonstrating, Becoming the Eternal Prime Minister?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2038885,3117,"Chapter 110","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-110",110,"\u003Cp>But this unit of Oirat cavalry before them had completely shed the rigid shadows of years past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their flexibility far surpassed that of the old opponents he and his father had faced in their day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gazing at the Oirat cavalry fleeing into the distance,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di, mounted on his horse, heaved a long, meaningful sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, they have still managed to dust off the signature skills they once relied on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Riding back to camp, Zhu Di, surrounded by Fan Zhong, Zhang Fu, and others,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>strode with long steps toward the central command tent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Fu, what is the status of the troops gathered from each camp?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fu, following closely behind Zhu Di, dared not delay for even a moment and immediately bowed his head to report,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to Your Majesty, the Three Thousand Camp has lost one hundred men, along with three thousand two hundred various types of firelocks.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di did not even lift his eyelids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he immediately shouted sternly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nonsense!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think the men of the Three Great Camps just stood there waiting to be hacked down?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take men out immediately to investigate exactly how many troops were brought on this campaign.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Son of Heaven leads the expedition in person; have they come here to balance the books?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a night of fierce fighting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di had roughly grasped the situation within the Ming army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Overall combat effectiveness had actually not declined much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly startled Zhu Di was the shortfall in personnel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The vacancies in each camp amounted to at least one-third!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very first military pay Zhu Di received during his Jingnan Campaign came from embezzling funds for phantom soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could he not know the little schemes lurking in these generals' hearts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fu could not help but shudder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately rushed into the various camps accompanied by several dozen members of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, these commanders remained rather stubborn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon seeing the man inside the central command tent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they immediately laid out the true state of the Ming army without holding anything back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the reports from these few scoundrels,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di's face turned iron-green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen, who had been sitting aside too afraid to make a sound, could no longer remain seated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You told Me there were two hundred thousand heavenly soldiers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet you only have one hundred and fifty thousand men under your command?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the crime of deceiving the sovereign!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This humble official deserves death...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di fixed a look of utter contempt on Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen beside him and shouted sternly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they had told you directly there were only one hundred and fifty thousand men, would you not have led anyone out at all?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment these words left his mouth, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen, who had just been brimming with aggression and ready to restore his \"imperial majesty,\" instantly deflated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone one hundred and fifty thousand men;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even with only eighty thousand, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen would have dared to lead them out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no question about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as there were many people, the advantage was ours!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anger burned in Zhu Di's heart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but there was nothing he could do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The unspoken rules of the army were just like this; both Zhu Di and Zhu Zhu Gaoxu had risen to power this way in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even if Zhu Di wanted to punish them now, he could not simply execute all of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the connection between the central command and the various camps below would be severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Replacing commanders on the eve of battle was also a grave taboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had not stopped Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen just now, that young fool would have likely ordered these men dragged out and beheaded with a single command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di stared intently at the assembly of generals before him and said in a low voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty military bastinado strokes for each of you; allow you to redeem your crimes through meritorious service.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consider this my greeting gift to you after all these years of not seeing each other.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>..... .. 0\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhu Di's description,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the group of generals before him instantly broke out in a cold sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not know how Zhu Di had arrived here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for a man who had been dead for over twenty years to suddenly pop up and speak such words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>anyone would have their hair stand on end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This humble official vows to follow Your Majesty to the death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the sound of military staves being wielded outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Fu stepped forward on his own to report:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In any case, more than half of the provisions we brought out have already been lost.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have also suffered significant losses in warhorses and livestock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have now managed to gain a foothold; we should hurry and prepare to withdraw.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Di's expression was gloomy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the battle reports behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to help himself, he let out a long sigh and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Having lost so much, if we return now like this, won't we just give the civil officials in the court ammunition to criticize us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen also could not help but nod and say:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly; if we give those pedantic scholars ammunition, how will I, the Emperor, control military power in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you not look a bit further ahead? War is merely the continuation of politics.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen's words, the corner of Zhu Di's mouth twitched slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen squarely on the buttocks and scolded harshly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am seizing military power for the future rulers of the Great Ming!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not for you, little brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you ever do this again, I will come together with the High Emperor to flay you alive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lying prone over the sand table, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen nodded with a face full of grievance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't they say Great-Grandfather doted on my father?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't they say the elderly love the house and even the crows upon it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why is Great-Grandfather so rude to me, the Emperor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking thus, tears involuntarily began to well up in Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was Fan Zhong who broke the deadlock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Your Majesty, after last night's battle, I fear Esen will not be so easily lured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps Esen has already withdrawn by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was precisely what Zhu Di feared most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Esen simply fled like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Qizhen would lose an enormous amount of face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would not even be able to retrieve his dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>",1135,"2026-06-15T23:37:41.197Z","2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","9bf724d2122978993a023b4bb1bd0b94cec2292bf4220a76df11db6d56096daa","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-111","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-109",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]