Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 402
After Japan destroyed the country and Mongolia's [-] cavalry fell into the sand, all the forces around the Ming Dynasty suddenly became honest.

Zhang Qingfeng believed that, at least in a short period of time, no force would dare to provoke Daming.

After [-] royal cavalry and musketeers defeated Lin Danhan's [-] cavalry, the royal caravan's business in Mongolia never encountered any obstacles.

Even if the royal caravan enters Mongolia without guards to trade with the Mongols, the Mongols dare not rob the royal caravan.

Some Mongolian tribes were afraid that the royal caravan would be robbed, and even sent cavalry to protect the royal caravan, which no one thought of.

But it is understandable when you think about it, the Chahar Mongolian tribe robbed the royal caravan, and as a result, the royal caravan immediately retaliated, which caused heavy losses to the Chahar tribe.

Therefore, all Mongols naturally don't want to see the royal caravan have an accident on their own territory, and then provoke the Ming army's revenge.

Under such circumstances, the royal caravan soon became the merchant with the largest transaction volume with various tribes in Mongolia.

The royal caravan has goods that the Mongols have no way to refuse. Even if many Mongolians are afraid of the royal caravan, they have no way not to trade with them.

In order to satisfy the transactions with the Mongols, the Royal Chamber of Commerce not only set up business offices in Zhangjiakou, but also opened business offices in the towns of Jiubian, which were specially used to trade with nomads in various regions.

Under such circumstances, when the caravan's trade is on the right track, the trade with the grassland alone can bring at least 500 million taels of profit to the Royal Trading Company every year.

Among them, the most important thing to Zhang Qingfeng is the Mongolian war horses. Although all Mongolian ministries prohibit trading war horses with the Ming Dynasty, under the various coercion and inducement methods of the royal caravan, tens of thousands of war horses can still be obtained from the grasslands every year. .

More than ten years after Zhang Qingfeng traveled to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty seemed to have become stronger again.

First, destroy Japan and deter the surrounding princes.

Then it was to defeat Lin Dan Khan and make all the Mongolian tribes bow their heads.

And all of this made Emperor Wanli's prestige among the people flourish.

With the defeat of Mongolia this time, Emperor Wanli also uncharacteristically began to care about the government.

In the past, Emperor Wanli did not go to court because he felt that the government was not under his control and he could not do whatever he wanted because there would be people who would oppose him no matter what he wanted to do.

It's different now, his prestige is in full swing, coupled with the backing of a powerful army, many people no longer dare to stand up to Emperor Wanli, and all civil and military officials have restrained a lot.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Wanli finally realized the joy of being an emperor who kept his word, so he naturally became concerned about government affairs.

However, as Emperor Wanli began to care about government affairs, Zhang Qingfeng encountered a lot of trouble.

With the victory of the Royal Fleet and the Royal Cavalry, the prestige of Emperor Wanli is also increasing day by day.

After tasting the benefits of power, Emperor Wanli ordered Zhang Qingfeng to train another [-] cavalry and [-] musketeers.

Logically speaking, training the army should be a good thing for Zhang Qingfeng. After all, he must have a strong army as the backing for implementing reforms in Daming.

But the bad thing is that Emperor Wanli seems to have the idea of ​​​​easy storage again.

And training the army is just to clear some obstacles for Yi Chu.

Emperor Wanli has always disliked his eldest son, Zhu Changluo.

If Queen Mother Li hadn't forcibly intervened to recognize this prince, it is estimated that Zhu Changluo might not have existed in history.

Now Emperor Wanli's prestige among the people is unmatched for a while, and he has a powerful army in his hands, and his power in the court is also increasing day by day.Under such circumstances, he will inevitably have the idea of ​​Yi Chu again.

The most important thing is that Queen Mother Li passed away last year, and no one can control him anymore.

After realizing what Emperor Wanli was thinking, Zhang Qingfeng didn't say anything, and he didn't immediately stand up to oppose it.

Emperor Wanli asked him to train soldiers, and he carried it out to the letter.

In private, he quietly revealed the news to civil and military officials.

Sure enough, after learning of Emperor Wanli's thoughts, all the officials, civil and military officials, quickly became agitated.

Numerous civil and military officials jointly signed a letter, demanding that the king of Wu, Zhu Changxun, immediately become a feudal vassal.

Emperor Wanli naturally refused to agree to the demands of civil and military officials, and he also showed a tough attitude. Ye Xianggao, the chief minister of the cabinet, was directly dismissed from office by him because he was the happiest dancer.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment were also forced to return to their hometowns because of their fierce opposition.

Under such circumstances, almost everyone thought that Emperor Wanli was determined to be easy to store, and the opposition became more intense, and countless civil and military officials asked to retire and return to their hometowns.

For these situations, Emperor Wanli naturally did not allow it. If all the court ministers retired and returned to their hometowns, how would the Ming Dynasty function?

However, at the time when the civil and military officials were having a fight with Emperor Wanli because of the matter of Wu Wang's vassal.

On this day, a bad news came from the East Palace.

Zhu Changluo was stabbed. A dagger stabbed Zhu Changluo's arm, and the wound was deep enough to show bone.

The assassin of Zhu Changluo was a man named Zhang Cha outside the palace. This guy was quietly brought into the palace and mixed into the Ciqing Palace.

In the end, Zhang Cha killed the two eunuchs who were protecting the prince, and stabbed the prince Zhu Changluo himself.

Fortunately, the follow-up eunuch and maid of rescue appeared in time and captured Zhang Cha, otherwise the prince might "dead".

After the news spread that the prince was assassinated and seriously injured, the ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

Countless civil and military officials have asked Emperor Wanli to give an explanation, and asked Emperor Wanli to hand over the case to the Sanju Department for trial.

The three law divisions are naturally the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and the Procuratorate.

With the common wishes of so many court ministers, Emperor Wanli could not be arbitrary.

In the end, under the trial of the Sanfa Division and under the watchful eye of Jin Yiwei, the identity of the assassin Zhang Chai was quickly found out. After torture and interrogation, Zhang Chai finally confessed that he was the eunuch Pang Bao who was behind the scenes. and Liu Cheng.

The process of the matter was very simple. Zhang Chai lost a lot of money, and finally met a eunuch. The eunuch said to do what he asked, and he would give him 1000 taels of silver and [-] acres of land after the work was done.

Zhang Cha was immediately moved by such a good thing, and then he went to Beijing with the eunuch and came to a big house.

Later, another old eunuch came, and the old eunuch offered him delicious food and drink. A few days later, the old eunuch took him into the Forbidden City.

In the end, the old eunuch drunk Zhang Cha with wine, took him to Ciqing Palace through Houzai Gate, handed him a dagger, and told him, "Rush in and kill any one you see, especially if you see one." As for the man in the yellow clothes, he is a traitor. There will be a lot of rewards for killing him. If you are caught, we will rescue you.

In the end, under the anesthesia of alcohol and under the control of huge interests, Zhang Cha actually went to kill someone.

(End of this chapter)