Ming Dynasty: A centenarian madman criticizes the Grand Secretary and brings his coffin to court!

The twelfth year of the Zhengtong reign.

That year, the Ming Dynasty was exceptionally restless.

It wasn't because the young emperor Zhu Qizhen, who hadn't yet developed "post-study abroad syndrome," was particularly troublesome.

It was because of Grand Tutor Gu Canghai, who was known as "the number one mad dog of the Ming Dynasty" and "a walking human weapon"—

He's turned 100!

Celebrating his 100th birthday.

This should have been a day for enjoying the company of grandchildren and receiving birthday greetings from all nations.

But the entire capital was filled with a tense atmosphere, as if it were the end of the world.

Because it happened just yesterday.

This ancestor, who was still breathing, suddenly threw out a shocking plan at the court meeting that was enough to bankrupt the Ming Dynasty's finances instantly and make the Minister of Revenue hang himself on the spot!

A backdrop of light.

Slowly pull it open.

The backdrop is the magnificent yet oppressively suffocating Fengtian Hall.

At 100 years old, Gu Canghai was neither in a wheelchair nor being helped by anyone.

He was wearing his signature python robe, which had been washed until it was somewhat faded.

He carried a fire axe at his waist, a weapon that had terrified civil and military officials alike.

Although his back was a little hunched, his hair was completely white, and the wrinkles on his face could trap flies.

But he stood there.

It's like a live volcano that could erupt at any moment!

It's like an old tiger still grinding its teeth and sucking blood!

"Snapped!"

Gu Canghai slammed a thick memorial, as heavy as a brick, onto the imperial desk.

That was his "100th birthday wish".

The title has only four words: bloody.

[A plan to wipe out all offspring!]

"His Majesty!"

Although Gu Canghai's voice was old, it was like a broken gong, making the hall resonate.

"This old minister is one hundred years old this year!"

"This old man doesn't have many years left to do anything."

"Before I go to see the founding emperor, this old minister wishes to do one last great thing for the Ming Dynasty!"

"That is—"

Gu Canghai suddenly turned around and walked to the huge "Complete Map of the World".

He picked up a large calligraphy brush, which was soaked in cinnabar.

Looking towards the eastern seas of the Ming Dynasty, there were several winding, worm-like islands.

Hard!

A huge red X was drawn!

That cross was drawn too forcefully, too harshly!

The cinnabar even flowed down the map, like streaks of scarlet tears of blood!

"Get rid of this pile of dog shit..."

"Erase him from the map!"

boom!!!

This statement came out.

It was as if a depth charge had been dropped into Fengtian Hall!

This is absolutely outrageous!

"Grand Tutor! You mustn't!"

Yu Qian, the Grand Secretary at the time and the future pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

Although she held Gu Canghai in high esteem, she was now completely devastated.

"That Japan was designated by Emperor Taizu as a 'country not to be conquered'!"

"It's just a tiny, barbaric place, beyond the reach of civilization!"

"Normally, it's just a few Japanese pirates causing trouble; we can just send a general or two to wipe them out!"

"What's written in your plan?!"

Yu Qian, his hand trembling, pointed to the memorial:

"Build three thousand giant treasure ships?!"

"Conscript 500,000 Shenji Battalion soldiers?!"

"And they want to empty the entire treasury of gunpowder?!"

"Grand Tutor!"

"Is this a trip to war?"

"They're going to reclaim land from the sea!"

"Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut? That's such a waste of resources and manpower!"

The other civil officials were even more distraught, as if their own fathers had died.

Several officials from the Ministry of Revenue knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Grand Tutor! The national treasury is empty!"

"We're really out of money! Even a rat would come out crying if it went in!"

"It's not worth it for those few wretched islands!"

Even Zhu Qizhen, who was sitting upright on the dragon throne, looked completely bewildered.

At that time, he didn't want to be a "student studying abroad"; he only wanted to be a good emperor.

"Grand Tutor..."

Zhu Qizhen said cautiously:

"I have heard that the Japanese have always admired Chinese culture and have sent envoys from the Tang Dynasty to learn from it..."

"Could we... win people over with virtue? Focus on education and moral guidance?"

"enlightenment?!"

Upon hearing those two words...

Gu Canghai suddenly laughed.

His laughter was extremely sinister and terrifying.

It was like a thousand-year-old zombie suddenly coming back to life!

"Hehehe..."

"His Majesty."

"Lord Yu."

"You're all still too young!"

Gu Canghai walked down the steps one by one, each heavy footstep sounding as if it were stepping on everyone's heartbeats.

"Admiration for China?"

"That's because they're incompetent right now! They're just playing dumb!"

"Do you know what these short guys are really like at their core?"

Gu Canghai suddenly stopped, his eyes turning incredibly fierce:

"It's a wolf!"

"They're ungrateful wretches!"

"They're wagging their tails at us now because we have knives!"

"One day, we'll take a nap, and the knife in our hands will have rusted..."

"Those beasts will pounce on us immediately!"

"Bite our throats! Drink our blood! Eat our flesh!"

"Even five hundred years from now! A thousand years from now! Their wolfish ambitions will not change!"

These words.

It carries a chilling, prophetic feeling that transcends time and space!

Even Zhu Yuanzhang in the Hongwu era couldn't help but shudder.

"This madman..."

"Why do you say it so convincingly?"

"How could he harbor such deep hatred for that Japanese nation?"

"I hate him more than if I had killed his own father!"

In the celestial display.

Gu Canghai did not stop.

He suddenly pulled out the fire axe from his waist!

With a loud "bang!"

It crashed onto the gold bricks!

Sparks flew everywhere!

The officials kneeling on the ground were so frightened that they wet themselves on the spot.

"so!"

"What kind of bullshit education is this?"

"In my entire life, I've never believed in anything about winning people over with virtue!"

"I only believe in—"

Gu Canghai raised his axe, pointing it at the eastern sky; his voice seemed to come from hell:

"Physical Salvation!"

"Burn all their books!"

"Tear down their temples!"

"Castrate all their men! Turn them into eunuchs!"

"Capture all their women! Remarry them into the Ming Dynasty!"

"Within three generations!"

"There will be no more Japanese people in this world!"

"Only our Great Ming Dynasty's—obedient subjects!"

"This is the last gift Lao Tzu gave to the Ming Dynasty—"

"A plan to wipe out the entire family!"

Dead silence.

Absolute silence.

The entire Fengtian Hall was so quiet that even breathing could not be heard.

Everyone was stunned by these shocking and extremely brutal remarks.

Castrate all the men?

They kidnapped all the women?

Is this a plan that even a human could come up with?

This is a million times more brutal than the Mongol Yuan dynasty back then!

"He's gone mad..."

"The Grand Tutor has truly gone mad..."

Yu Qian's lips trembled as he looked at the old man who seemed to have gone mad.

He wanted to argue.

I think this is against the natural order.

I want to say that this does not conform to the teachings of the sages.

But when he met Gu Canghai's bloodshot, bright red eyes...

All the words were stuck in his throat.

Because in those eyes.

He saw more than just madness.

There is another kind—a bottomless fear!

That's fear of the future!

It was as if the old man had truly foreseen some extremely terrifying future.

That's why they're willing to bear eternal infamy, just to prevent that terrifying future from arriving...

Cut off the root of the problem completely!

"Who agrees?"

Gu Canghai looked around, twirling the axe in his hand.

The cold axe blade flashed against the necks of each official.

"Who objects?"

No one dared to speak.

Oppose?

Who dares to object?

That axe doesn't have eyes!

Moreover, this madman just said that he would send those who opposed him to see the founding emperor!

That means sending people to the underworld!

"No one objects?"

"very good!"

Gu Canghai put away his axe, a very satisfied smile on his face.

It's like an old rascal who just got some candy.

"Then it's settled!"

"Open the national treasury!"

"Bring out the Divine Machine Battalion!"

"Three months later!"

"I'm going to personally take command!"

"Go teach those shorty kids a lesson—what fatherly love really means!"

The image on the screen froze at this crazy moment.

A centenarian.

Holding a sharp axe.

Behind him was the map marked with a red cross.

This scene.

It became the most absurd, bloody, and shocking historical panorama during the Zhengtong era!

The Hongwu Plane.

The teacup in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand fell to the ground with a "clatter" and shattered into pieces.

He stared at the sky, his mouth agape, unable to close it for a long time.

"A plan to wipe out...the entire family line?"

"My God..."

"That old bastard..."

"How come you're even more ruthless than us?"

"At most, we'll just skin people and use their skin as straw."

"He's... trying to destroy their country, wipe out their race, and kill off their descendants!"

Zhu Biao was also deathly pale and trembling all over.

"Father..."

"Does the Grand Tutor... have some personal grudge against that Japanese country?"

"This is too...that."

however.

Zhu Di, however, was different.

He kept staring into Gu Canghai's eyes.

Those eyes were filled with hatred, sorrow, and an indescribable resolve.

Sudden.

Zhu Di felt his blood boil!

"No!"

"Sir, you're right!"

"Although I don't know why..."

"But I think—"

"Since you hate them so much, then what about them—"

"They absolutely deserve to die!!!"

"Even if it's just to vent my anger!"

"These dwarfs must all die!"

"What a brilliant plan to wipe out their lineage!"

"If only I could live to see that day..."

"Your subject will certainly hand the axe to the master!"

But then...

A new question arose in everyone's mind.

That madman.

They went to such great lengths, even emptying the national treasury, to build three thousand warships.

Is it really just to destroy a few tiny islands?

Was it really just to vent his anger?

Do not!

Gu Canghai, that cunning old fox, never does a losing business!

Destroy the Japanese pirates.

This is probably just an appetizer!

His real goal.

What was he looking at with those eyes that gazed into the depths of the sea?

Just now.

The image on the sky changed again!

A document that could send shivers down the spines of the entire world, a document never before seen in any history book—

[Map of the Ming Dynasty at its peak!]

It unfolded with a bang!

That was the Ming Dynasty, a dream come true for everyone!

That was enough to make Zhu Yuanzhang kneel down and kowtow—a territory on which the sun never sets!