[{"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-99":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Ming: I Remonstrate to the Death Every Day, 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},2038754,3117,"Chapter 99","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-99",99,"\u003Cp>\"In less than ten years, the Great Ming will return to its former state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The formidable enemies beyond the passes and the refugees within them will still gather to shake the realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang froze completely on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why... why is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao looked at Commander Commander Jiang Huang and smiled, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did our Emperor rebel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The mountains are high and the Emperor far away; there are few commoners but many officials; beaten three times a day—if one does not rebel, what else is there to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does killing the officials above accomplish anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After two hundred years of peace, the poor no longer have land enough to stand an awl, while the rich own fields stretching to the horizon; even in years of abundant harvest, disaster victims barely survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once a year of disaster strikes, chaos is inevitable throughout the realm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, the deaths of over two hundred thousand imperial clansmen may have relieved the Great Ming's immediate crisis, but next time, will the Great Ming still have two hundred thousand clansmen for the Tartars beyond the passes to kill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang's expression inevitably grew sluggish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the Imperial Prison, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang, crouching by the wall, also fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how cleanly Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian purged the court,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>what difference would it make?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true root of the illness lies among the common people and the gentry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang stared at Su Qiao with some confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did he speak with a dawning realization,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Su, are you saying that the strategy you presented to His Majesty was incomplete?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao smacked his lips over his wine and laughed, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It cannot exactly be called incomplete.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rather, eradicating the root cause is far too complex, and when the time truly comes, there will be little of it left; thus, we can only scrape together moments bit by bit to resolve these issues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If a future monarch truly employs this strategy, perhaps they will find their own way to solve them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang watched Su Qiao vigilantly and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then does Lord Su have a method to buy time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao nodded slightly, clicked his tongue, and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for a method, naturally there is a little one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were a future monarch,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I would certainly not rush to attack those beyond the passes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang outside the wall was momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not rush to launch an expedition?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang also looked at Su Qiao in disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we do not campaign, what if the formidable enemies beyond the passes grow too powerful?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao could not help but spit fiercely, \"Pah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pah, nonsense! Director Commander Commander Jiang, do you really think the formidable enemies beyond the passes could grow powerful without collaborators within the passes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao clicked his tongue and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as the Central Plains regain their strength, those things beyond the passes will be nothing more than fish on a chopping block, ready to be sliced whenever we wish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But with such a 'superficial' formidable enemy pressing from outside, the Great Ming can use this pretext to accomplish far more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the very least, before the captors are truly annihilated, the moral high ground remains with the court.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the captors are destroyed, the moral high ground bought with the lives of hundreds of thousands of clansmen will vanish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By that time, what justification will a future monarch have to implement new policies and enact reforms?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the words left his mouth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes instantly brightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Commander Commander Jiang Huang, however, looked at Su Qiao excitedly and said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surely we cannot just watch them usurp the lands beyond the passes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Qiao waved his hand with bleary, drunken eyes, saying,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not at all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, it is not about watching them usurp the lands beyond the passes with folded arms; rather, this war must wait until the Great Ming has resolved all its internal problems before being fought, for only then will the outcome be best for the myriad people of the realm!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, the greatest taboo for a ruler is to judge only by right and wrong without considering gain and loss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In short, this great national shame is a sharp sword; to swing this sword only at the formidable enemies beyond the passes would be a terrible waste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it is to be swung, it must first strike inward, cutting away all the accumulated abuses of many years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as this sharp sword remains in hand,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"those who speak of ancestral laws are merely clinging to the broken and obsolete!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who speak of competing with the people for profit are colluding with foreign powers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this not far more satisfying than waiting until the enemies beyond the passes are pacified, only to struggle miserably debating classics with court officials?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since this sword was bought with the lives of the Zhu family, unless its last shred of value is extracted,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"the two hundred thousand lives of the Zhu family will have been thrown away in vain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every word in Su Qiao's speech struck Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang's heart like a nail driven home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lives of the Zhu family,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in Su Qiao's mouth, had become nothing more than bargaining chips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Zhu was certainly furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was undeniable that Su Qiao was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Su Qiao in the cell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply opened the chat group and sent a message to Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu Gao:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regarding the campaign against Liaodong, do not rush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For now, station troops at Shanhai Pass and Ningyuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong Lie:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Yuanzhang explained the deeper meaning to Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian's eyes grew increasingly bright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four large characters involuntarily floated up in his mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seize the pretext to advance one's agenda!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>90, Huang Taiji: Why is every damn thing about campaigning against Liaodong?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong Lie:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great-Grandfather, your son-subject understands!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Taizu Gao:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, not a single child of our Zhu family can die in vain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every life of our Zhu family must weigh heavier than Mount Tai!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emperor Sizong Lie:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your son-subject receives the decree!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After closing the chat group, Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Zhu Youjian slowly instructed Wang Wang Wang Chengen,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wang Wang Chengen, go proclaim for Us that Grand Secretary Sun, Grand Secretary Hong, and Minister Du are to enter the palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Grand Secretary and Chief Minister Sun Sun Chuanting arrived at the Qianqing Palace with the memorial on the Liaodong campaign he had drafted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Subject Hong Hong Chengchou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Subject Sun Sun Chuanting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Subject Du Du Yinxi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1157,"2026-06-15T23:33:58.699Z","2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","6f6a3aec500cb5ac4487c3ebe31cca1aa4d35430dbf5387ab664b5a47481568d","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-100","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-98",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]