Chapter 318: The Gate-Calling Emperor

"Go and bring Yelu Yanxi."

After discussing the combat deployment, Zhang Jie thought for a while and ordered those around him.

"Your Majesty, Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi, a mere defeated general, what use is he?"

Lin Chong, who had personally captured Yelu Yanxi and seen his disheveled and dignified appearance, asked in confusion.

To tell the truth, at this time, Yelu Yanxi was not as useful as a piece of toilet paper in his heart.

At least toilet paper could be used for the toilet; what was Yelu Yanxi used for, to disgust people?

"Commander Lin is wrong."

Before Zhang Jie could speak, Wu Yong shook the goose feather fan in his hand and explained:

"Yelu Yanxi, although he is a defeated general of our Great Gan, a captive,

and a prisoner, and has lost the hundred-year family foundation of the Great Liao,

he has been the Emperor of the Great Liao for so many years after all.

Even if he is headstrong, loves to boast, and is arrogant,

he still has some prestige in the Great Liao.

With him as the vanguard, the remaining Liao army defenders will inevitably be shocked, and their will to fight will be greatly damaged.

In my opinion, Yelu Yanxi alone is worth more than an army of ten thousand!"

"Professor still understands my thoughts."

Listening to Wu Yong's analysis, Zhang Jie nodded with satisfaction and praised.

What he wanted Yelu Yanxi to do was the same job that had a future as the Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen—the Gate-Calling Emperor.

In 1449, by Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, Ming Chengzu Zhu Di,

well, at that time he was still Ming Taizong (Zhu Di's letter to Jiajing:

Listen to me say thank you, because of you, the four seasons are warm~

Prince of Han Zhu Gaoxu in *The Dynasty of Ming*: Even if you compile the *Yongle Dadian* into the first strange book of ancient and modern times,

history books will not record that you are the successor in order! We all rebelled!) plowed several times,

the tribes were scattered, and the bloodline of the Heavenly Wolf Temujin,

who called himself the Golden Family, gradually disappeared on the grasslands,

a small tribe named Oirat quietly rose and became the grassland hegemon, once threatening the north of the Great Ming.

Just 22 years old, using good words to describe it, is "not impulsive, is that still a young man?"

Using the truth, it was the ignorant Zhu Qizhen who, under the instigation of the great eunuch Wang Zhen he favored,

excitedly led an army of 500,000 to personally conquer Oirat, intending to destroy this mere Oirat in one fell swoop,

to show off the power of the Great Ming, and by the way, leave a heavy mark in history books for himself.

Unfortunately, the ideal was very plump, but the reality was very skinny; due to chaotic command,

lack of food and grass, and other reasons, the Ming army was surrounded by Oirat cavalry at Tumu Fortress.

After a bloody battle, the 200,000 Ming troops used by the Great Ming to deter the world were wiped out,

the great eunuch Wang Zhen was killed, and even the Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen was personally captured.

Zhu Qizhen: I stand on the grassland looking at Beijing~

This is the "Tumu Fortress Incident" that shocked the world and history books.

Regarding whether it was a conspiracy theory of those "itchy scalp," "water is too cool" senior civil officials of the Ming Dynasty,

colluding with Oirat to wipe out the military generals and nobles who were competing with them in the court,

so that they could hold power alone, let's set that aside for now.

What is even more surprising is that after being captured, Zhu Qizhen, in order to survive,

actually cooperated with the Oirat Grand Master Yesen, and was willing to act as a "human flesh siege hammer."

The Oirat army held him to the gates of Xuanfu and Datong, ordering the defenders to open the city.

Facing the "Imperial Decree" of the Emperor, the Datong defender Guo Deng responded resolutely:

"I am ordered to defend the city, I dare not open it without authorization!" and resolutely refused to open the gate.

If the defender had really opened the city gate, the Great Ming's nine-border defense line would have completely collapsed, and Oirat iron cavalry would have gone straight to the Central Plains,

which would have very likely caused the Han civilization that had just recovered to suffer another major blow.

Zhu Qizhen, in order to survive, did not hesitate to sell out the national gate; the infamy of the "Gate-Calling Emperor" was thus nailed to the pillar of historical shame.

One Zhu Qizhen made the Great Ming's ancestral instruction "The Son of Heaven guards the national gate, the monarch dies for the country" disappear.

It was only the last emperor of the Great Ming, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, although internally there was the laid-off courier Li Zicheng,

and externally there was the wild boar skin in the pass that was greedy and wanted to swallow an elephant, plus the Great Ming itself was accumulated and difficult to return,

and there were too many cynical scholars like "itchy scalp" and "water is too cool";

Zhu Youjian himself was also a vassal king who succeeded to the throne without any imperial education,

the Great Ming, which had been brilliant for three hundred years, fell, but in the end, he did not become a captive of the Chuang King's Great Shun, or the wild boar skin's Great Qing, like the later lords such as the Shu Han's later lord Liu Shan,

or the Southern Tang's later lord Li Yu,

but ended his magnificent but accomplished nothing life on a crooked-neck tree on the back mountain of the imperial palace;

he also personally killed his wife and children, avoiding the Empress's misery~

Princess Knight's misery, such a scene that makes people happy... uh, is unbearable to look at,

which can be considered to have drawn an absolutely unsatisfactory, but not the worst, ending for the Great Ming, the last dynasty of the Han people that rose among foreign races and was finally destroyed in the hands of foreign races,

and added the last touch of color to the Great Ming's ancestral instruction "The Son of Heaven guards the national gate, the monarch dies for the country."

By the way, Zhu Youjian's lesson tells us, unless it is a last resort,

do not cut personnel in departments such as postal and railway~

Ironically, Zhu Qizhen, who first became the Gate-Calling Emperor,

and later became an "Oirat international student," singing "I stand on the grassland looking at Beijing~" on the grasslands,

Ironically, Zhu Qizhen, this "Gate-Calling Emperor,"

and unjustly killed the emperor Yu Qian, but in the last moments of his life,

he did a good deed praised by the *History of Ming* as a "deed of great virtue":

He issued a deathbed edict to abolish the system of imperial concubines being buried with the emperor, which began with Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.

This humanized reform can be considered the brightest stroke in his 36-year life.

Well, but the final evaluation of him was that his merits did not offset his faults, and his faults were greater than his faults.

Back to the main topic, back to the Tianzuo Emperor who was favored by Zhang Jie.

If he appeared and shouted in front of the army at the time of the battle,

even if the Liao army defenders also refused to listen to Yelu Yanxi's "gate-calling" like the Datong defender Guo Deng,

it would still cause the morale of the Liao army to be damaged by three points before the battle; after all, no matter what,

Yelu Yanxi had been the Great Liao Emperor for decades, and still had some prestige in the hearts of the soldiers.

"So that's it, thank you Your Majesty and Chancellor Wu for your instruction."

After listening to Wu Yong's analysis, the generals suddenly realized.

Looking at Yelu Yanxi, who was brought over by the soldiers,

it was like looking at a cannon powerful enough to destroy the Great Liao's city defense in one go, full of eagerness,

simply wishing they could find a Great Liao fortress right now to test the firepower of this cannon.

'What do they want to do?'

At the entrance of the big tent, feeling the inexplicable gaze on his body, Yelu Yanxi shivered and subconsciously pulled up his buttocks.

In the past, he had heard that not only in the Great Liao, but also in Western Xia,

especially taking the hypocritical scholars of the Great Song as an example,

some men were not interested in women, but were very interested in men,

like Lord Longyang of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period (Longyang's hobby),

Emperor Ai of Han in the Western Han period and his favorite minister Dong Xian (Broken Sleeve's habit)...

He wouldn't have met a rabbit, wanting to be ancient and enthusiastic, right?

However, he was already decades old, and this was no longer popular;

to find a rabbit, one should find a young man with a delicate and pleasant face.

But thinking of his status, Yelu Yanxi couldn't help but feel a burst of emptiness in his heart.

Although he was no longer in his youth, this status of Great Liao Emperor was a big plus for some people!

For a time, Yelu Yanxi felt that his future was dimmed by a few more points... ===== CHAPTER 319 =====

Although he is no longer in his youth, this identity as the Emperor of Great Liao is a huge bonus for certain people!

For a moment, Yelu Yanxi felt his future dim by several shades...