Chapter 116

【The Third Place on the Top Ten List of Dim-witted Emperors — "Great Ming War God" Ming Yingzong, Zhu Qizhen】

The golden light of the celestial screen reappeared, and a new title emerged with an extremely ironic meaning—

"Great Ming War God," with the words "Tumubao Limited Edition" marked in small print beside it.

In the scene, the young Son of Heaven, full of arrogance, led his army on an expedition, followed by the tragic scene of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood at Tumubao, and the embarrassment of the emperor being captured.

"Ming Yingzong? Zhu Qizhen? The emperor of the Great Ming?"

The emperors of all dynasties, who were just angered by the dim-witted emperor of the Song Dynasty, were energized again.

Ho, this time it's the Great Ming's turn!

Looking at this posture, he is still a "War God"? Although the title itself sounds like something is wrong.

Great Ming, Hongwu era.

Zhu Yuanzhang had just been cursing Emperor Gaozong of Song, Zhao Gou, and in the blink of an eye, he saw his own descendant on the list, and he was a "War God"?

He was stunned for a moment, then his brows locked, and his heart skipped a beat.

He was no stranger to the words "War God"—Xu Da and Chang Yuchun were such—but the celestial screen using it on this Zhu Qizhen, and adding "Limited Edition," was definitely not a good thing.

"The 'Key Man' who turned from prosperity to decline?"

Zhu Yuanzhang chewed on this term, and his expression sank.

He worked hard to drive out the barbarians, restore China, and create the foundation of the Great Ming, yet a descendant became the key figure who "turned from prosperity to decline"?

And "War God"? Damn it, could it be...

"Old Four!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di suddenly, "This Zhu Qizhen, is he from your lineage?"

Zhu Di (who was still the Prince of Yan at this time) was also confused and quickly calculated in his heart... This sounded like his descendant, but he wasn't sure, so he quickly bowed and said: "Father, your son... your son doesn't know. This celestial screen speaks of later events, your son..."

"Hmph!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and didn't ask further, but his eyes had become extremely sharp, staring fixedly at the celestial screen.

He wanted to see how this "Great Ming War God" "fought"!

Yongle era (parallel universe, Zhu Di had already ascended the throne).

Zhu Di had just returned from a northern expedition, feeling satisfied, and seeing the "Great Ming War God" Zhu Qizhen on the list, he was happy at first, thinking his descendant had inherited his military strategy.

"Yingzong... Qizhen..."

Could it be... A sense of foreboding surged into his heart.

【Reason for making the list: Zhu Qizhen is the "Key Man" for the Great Ming's turn from prosperity to decline.

With one hand he sent the empire's elite to their doom, and with the other he executed the meritorious officials who saved the world, using his strength to turn the words "War God" into the most biting irony in history.】

"Sending the elite to their doom... executing meritorious officials..."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di gasped almost at the same time.

As founding and pioneering monarchs, they knew too well the importance of elite armies and capable ministers.

This Zhu Qizhen actually occupied both, and was still the "Key Man"?

"When others lead an imperial expedition, it is to display national prestige; when he leads an imperial expedition, it is to send heads to the Oirat."

When the celestial screen previously reviewed Yu Qian as a hero, it mentioned this, that one battle led to the annihilation of the main force of the Ming army, but he didn't expect him to be the third place on the list of dim-witted emperors.

Liu Bang read this sharp comment from the netizens and burst out laughing.

"Sending heads? The people of later generations have truly poisonous mouths! But it sounds like this battle was fought poorly enough; leading an imperial expedition and sending himself away—this 'War God' must have been titled by the other side, right?"

Ying Zheng's eyes were cold: "As a general, not knowing military affairs but forcibly acting as a commander is called abandoning the army. As an emperor, it is even more so."

"Sending the country's elite to their doom is already a capital crime. Executing the meritorious officials who protected the country is even more self-destruction. Is such a person worthy of being called an emperor?"

Liu Che, as the Martial Emperor, spent his life dedicated to striking the Xiongnu, and hearing "leading an imperial expedition and sending heads," he felt a wicked fire rising.

"Trash! Simply trash! Commanding 200,000 troops, yet the entire army was annihilated and he himself was captured?"

"If I had done this back then, even if Wei Qing and Huo Qubing had heaven-defying abilities, they couldn't have saved me. This Zhu Qizhen is as stupid as a pig."

Li Shimin also shook his head repeatedly: "Leading an imperial expedition is no small matter; it requires the right time, place, and people, and even more, the talent of a commander."

"Listening to eunuchs and treating military marches like child's play—this is not an imperial expedition, but walking into a trap. This metaphor of sending heads, although joking, tells of his incompetence and absurdity."

Wei Zheng began to advise again: "Your Majesty, you must never favor eunuchs or interfere in military affairs in the future; that is the way to disaster. This Zhu Qizhen is a living example."

Li Shimin's heart: (My heart is bitter! Why does Wei Zheng start spraying me every time the celestial screen announces a dim-witted emperor? Alas! I am too hard!)

Three Kingdoms plane.

Cao Cao looked at the ironic labels of "Key Man" and "War God" and stroked his beard:

"It seems this Great Ming also turned from prosperity to decline. This Zhu Qizhen is a... bad move at that turning point."

"Commanding 200,000 troops and being annihilated is somewhat similar to Yuan Benchu, but Yuan Shao was not captured; this person is even worse."

Guo Jia laughed: "My Lord, this person is not entirely without merit; at least the efficiency and thoroughness of this 'sending heads' is rare in ancient and modern times."

Liu Bei sighed: "Commanding without method and losing the army and humiliating the country is already a serious crime. If he could repent, there might still be something to be done."

"But looking at his subsequent actions, he actually unjustly killed the meritorious official Yu Qian... Such behavior is truly not what a ruler should do. How is he different from that Zhao Gou?"

Zhuge Liang shook his fan: "The ruler is dim-witted to this extent; even with a pillar of support like Yu Qian, he could not escape the poisonous hand."

"This Great Ming 'War God' is truly a great misfortune for the country."

(The emperors of all dynasties remembered the scene where the celestial screen reviewed Yu Qian being unjustly killed by Zhu Qizhen, and finally they were reviewing this guy.)

【One: The epic "flashy operation" of the "Great Ming War God."

Zhu Qizhen's making the list is not because of mediocrity, but because of his extremely strong destructive power.

He perfectly interpreted what is called "incompetent yet loves to play."

After the prosperous Ren-Xuan Rule, he used only one Tumubao to lose the Great Ming's family fortune.

The first thing he did after restoring his throne was to send Yu Qian, the meritorious official who saved the country, to the execution ground.】

"After the Ren-Xuan Rule... losing the family fortune in one Tumubao... executing the meritorious official Yu Qian after restoration..."

Zhu Di heard "Ren-Xuan Rule" and felt relieved, thinking his son and grandson had done well, but immediately heard "losing the family fortune" and "executing the meritorious official Yu Qian," and his heart sank to the bottom.

Yu Qian? The celestial screen previously mentioned him as a "meritorious official who saved the country," so his weight can be imagined. This Zhu Qizhen is truly a prodigal son and an ungrateful wolf.

"Incompetent yet loves to play... epic flashy operation..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry his beard was twitching, "When I was winning the world, wasn't every step cautious? This kid is good; he treats the country as a toy, and once he plays, he loses control."

"And killed the meritorious official who saved the country? Is this something a human does?"

"Oirat international student? The tuition is the lives of 200,000 Ming troops?"

Liu Bang repeated this nickname and sighed, shaking his head,

"This tuition is truly expensive, using his own elite as tuition. What did he learn in one year of 'studying abroad'? How to pit his own people?"

Ying Zheng said indifferently: "Stupid beyond compare, evil to the extreme. Not killing him is not enough to apologize to the world, not enough to comfort the wronged souls."

Liu Che was speechless. He felt that compared to this kind of "War God," his own useless descendants looked quite decent.

【Netizens bestowed the name:

Great Ming War God (Tumubao Limited Edition): Reverse War God, specifically pitting his own people.

Gate-Calling Son of Heaven: After being captured, he helped the Oirat call open the gates of the Great Ming, worthy of being called "the strongest guide in history."

Oirat international student: Studying in the grassland for one year, the tuition was the lives of 200,000 Ming troops.】