Sky Curtain: The opening scene explains the four major cases of the Ming Dynasty plus the early Ming

When Zhu Dijun uttered the words "luring the tiger away from the mountain," countless emperors and generals across all realms and timelines couldn't help but applaud.

The Hongwu Palace of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the armrest of the dragon throne, making the wooden dragon carving vibrate loudly.

"pretty!"

Old Zhu's face showed undisguised appreciation and pleasure.

"My eldest grandson's skills are finally starting to resemble mine back in the day!"

"First, flatter him with a noble title, then use his military achievements to transfer him away! Without firing a single shot or giving him any reason to complain! That's the way an emperor operates!"

He turned to look at Crown Prince Zhu Biao beside him, his eyes filled with the expectation that "you better learn from me."

"Biao'er, did you see that clearly? We can't deal with these arrogant and unruly soldiers head-on; we have to use our brains! We have to make them willingly walk into the trap we've dug for them!"

Zhu Biao nodded in agreement, and when he looked at the sky again, his eyes were different.

The Yongle Hall of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di's lips twitched slightly, a cold, ruthless curve.

He spent his entire life dealing with knives and knives, and he knew all too well the ins and outs of it.

These two transfer orders are not a matter of being appointed in a time of crisis, but rather a move to undermine the very foundation of the situation!

"Datong and Yansui are both important border towns. With the war in full swing, if we send him there, no one in the entire court can utter a single word of 'no'."

"But once he leaves the capital, the center of power, Shi Heng, even with the title of Duke of Zhongguo above his head, is nothing more than a military man."

"Once the Beijing Garrison's tiger skin is stripped away, its henchmen will be rendered useless."

Zhu Di's gaze deepened.

"A good move."

"Next, it's time to take action against the Beijing Garrison."

Before he could finish speaking, Judy Jun's voice, tinged with a cruel laugh, rang out again from the sky.

"Family members, what will happen if the tiger leaves its forest?"

"The answer is simple."

"His stronghold is about to be taken down!"

"In the same month that Shi Heng received the imperial decree and set off for the expedition, leaving the capital in a grand procession, in April of the first year of the Tianshun reign!"

"Zhu Qizhen has finally unleashed his most lethal, and also most concealed, third strike—"

"Dismember the Beijing Garrison!"

The image on the sky changes again!

One imperial edict after another, like death warrants, were issued from the palace and quickly spread to all the military camps in the capital!

"Emperor Yingzong issued an edict!"

"The Ten Battalions of the Capital were a policy implemented expediently during the Jingtai reign, but they are no longer in accordance with the established system and are hereby abolished!"

Zhu Dijun's voice, like a war drum, struck everyone's hearts with each beat!

"Restore the old systems of the Hongwu and Yongle reigns!"

"The troops in the capital are once again under the command of the Three Great Camps!"

"The Five Armies are the main force of the Northern Expedition, jointly commanded by my maternal uncle, Marquis of Huichang, Sun Jizong, and Duke of Zhongguo, Shi Heng!"

"The Three Thousand Battalion will be jointly commanded by Marquis Taiping Zhang Yi (younger brother of Duke Ying of Zhang Fu) and Marquis Wu'an Sun Tang!"

"The Divine Machine Battalion is jointly commanded by Marquis of Anyuan, Liu Pu, and Marquis of Guangning, Liu An!"

This series of appointments was like a series of extremely sharp scalpels, precisely piercing into the massive and bloated body of the Beijing Garrison, beginning to frantically cut and separate!

[Modern Live Streaming Room]

At this moment, the comments section completely stopped.

All the spectators held their breath, stunned by Zhu Qizhen's series of punches!

It took more than ten seconds before the comments flooded out like a burst dam!

"Holy...holy...holy...holy! A divine move! This is a fucking divine move!"

"I'm dumbfounded! I'm completely stunned! Abolishing the Tenth Battalion and restoring the Three Battalions! This move is a decisive blow, absolutely brilliant!"

"Did you all understand?! Shi Heng's power stemmed from his absolute control over the Tenth Regiment Battalion! Now Zhu Qizhen has directly abolished the Tenth Regiment Battalion and restored it to the Three Great Battalions, which is equivalent to uprooting the foundation of Shi Heng's power!"

"Not only that! Look at the newly appointed generals! Sun Jizong is Empress Dowager Sun's brother, the emperor's brother-in-law! Zhang Yi, Liu Pu, Sun Tang, and Liu An are all descendants of veteran nobles from the Jingnan Campaign! Zhu Qizhen is using his maternal relatives and veteran nobles to dilute and replace the military power of the newly powerful Shi Heng!"

"The most outrageous thing is the appointment of the Fifth Army Battalion! 'Jointly in charge with Duke Zhongguo, Shi Heng'! Hahaha, Shi Heng is still eating sand in Yansui, and half of the military power in the capital has already been divided up! When he comes back, it's uncertain who will be in charge of the Fifth Army Battalion! What is this called? This is called killing someone by destroying their spirit!"

"I hereby declare Zhu Qizhen, in my heart, a god! His political maneuvering and skill are textbook examples! It's like a Ming Dynasty version of Werewolf, where the wolf king was killed first and didn't even realize it!"

Everyone was stunned.

They witnessed firsthand how a useless emperor, once ridiculed by the world, quietly and decisively completed a dramatic power transfer in just four months!

There was no bloodshed, no coup.

There were only seemingly reasonable imperial edicts and cups of poisoned wine called "rewards".

By the time Shi Heng realizes what's happening, he will be horrified to find that he has been completely sidelined and turned into a powerful minister in name only!

Above the sky, Zhu Dijun looked at the faces filled with shock and slowly made a summary.

"Family members, do you think this is the end?"

He gently shook his head, his voice becoming even more deep and unfathomable.

"Dividing military power is just like taking away the claws of a tiger."

"But to completely control the army, one more thing is needed."

"The military supervisor!"

"Zhu Qizhen also issued an imperial edict that sent chills down the spines of all civil officials."

"Effective immediately, the Minister of War is no longer permitted to supervise the army!"

"The position of military supervisor for the three major military camps in the capital is entirely overseen by Cao Jixiang, the Grand Eunuch of the Directorate of Ceremonial!"

This imperial edict, like a bombshell, once again detonated across all of time and space!

Eunuchs were used to monitor the army!

Use one "hero who seized power" to check and balance another "hero who seized power"!

This imperial balancing act is simply ingenious!

Inside the Hongwu Palace in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up excitedly, pacing back and forth in front of his desk, his eyes shining, as if he saw his younger, decisive self.

"Good! Good! Good! What a brilliant example of 'using slaves to control generals'!"

Old Zhu slammed his fist into his palm, making a dull thud.

"These military men are arrogant, and the civil officials are unreliable. Only our household servants are the most obedient and the most useful!"

"Our eldest grandson has truly come to understand what imperial power is!"

"He's no longer fighting alone!"

"He has learned how to command a pack of wolves to tear apart the fattest tiger!"

Zhu Dijun then said with a sigh:

"In fact, Zhu Qizhen did not know this at first. It was the civil officials Yu Qian, Chen Xun, Yang Hong, and Wang Wen who taught him this. The price was that he was imprisoned in the Southern Palace for 7 years and his life was in constant danger."

"As Sima Yi aptly stated in the TV series 'The Advisors Alliance 2: The Roar of the Tiger,' 'I have no enemies along the way; all I have seen are friends and mentors. Zhu Qizhen's methods for dealing with Shi Heng and his nephew are the same methods the civil official group used against him, only now the targets have changed.'"

Modern live stream viewers responded even more

"666, even though I hate Sima the old scoundrel, what he said is excellent. The God of War applied it perfectly, using it on Shi Heng and Xu Youzhen."

"Perhaps even traitors like Yu Qian, Chen Xun, and Wang Wen didn't expect that they would inadvertently teach the God of War a political lesson, but the cost to the God of War was extremely high."

"Sigh, it can only be said that being an emperor is not something an ordinary person can do. They possess supreme power, but they are also all alone. Everyone wants to gain power from the emperor, but they also want to profit without taking responsibility. They also want to maintain a balance. I could be a tyrannical ruler, but being a wise ruler is just wishful thinking."