Chapter 65
"Girl, what's wrong with you? ?"
Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that he had just seen the scene of Zhu Biao's death from illness, and in the blink of an eye he saw the date of his sister's death.
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang hurried to Queen Ma's side and kept asking what was wrong with him.
Queen Ma looked at Seeing so many people looking at me, I suddenly felt a little embarrassed. I pushed the nervous Zhu Yuanzhang and said:
"I'm fine, Chongba, so many people are watching!"
"Why is everything okay? Royal doctor, where is the royal doctor? Come quickly and show us our girl."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about other people's eyes at all, and directly called the imperial doctor to treat Empress Ma.
Empress Ma ignored the imperial doctor and instead said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Chongba, Laosi was indeed forced to raise an army. Don't blame him again."
"Forced? Isn't it just cutting down the vassal clan? It’s not like he’s going to die, he’s just unwilling to give up the power in his hands!"
Speaking of Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened again.
Although he was shocked and angry at Zhu Yunwen's move to cut down the vassal vassal, in any case, Zhu Yunwen was the monarch, and Zhu Di was a minister. When the monarch cut down the vassal vassal, Zhu Di should do it. He obediently handed over his military power and returned to Beijing to enjoy his old age.
But now Zhu Di directly raised troops to fight against the imperial court because of the reduction of vassal status, which made Zhu Yuanzhang even more angry.
"Chongba, don’t...Ahem!"
Empress Ma was so excited that she started to cough. When Zhu Yuanzhang saw this, his expression suddenly changed. He no longer had the anger before, but became extremely worried.
"Okay, okay, let’s listen to you. We won’t blame the fourth child anymore. Sister, don’t be angry."
"You must be good, and we will grow old together with you!"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his eyes turned red. Thinking that Queen Ma had less than five years to live, Zhu Yuanzhang felt like a knife was twisting his heart.
"I know, don't worry, Chongba, I'll be fine"
【In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Queen Ma, the first empress of the Ming Dynasty, died of illness. Zhu Yuanzhang was so sad that he no longer established a queen.】
【In order to pray for Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang asked each prince to bring a monk with him when he returned to his fiefdom, and he would usually chant sutras and pray for Empress Ma.】
【As the son of Empress Ma, Zhu Di was naturally not immune.】
【But when Zhu Di was choosing a monk, he met an extremely special monk. This monk was Yao Guangxiao, whose Buddhist name was Daoyan.】
【Yao Guangxiao was a strange person. Although he was the emperor, he studied under a Taoist priest, learned the art of yin and yang, and was proficient in Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. He was a great talent.】
【It's just that Yao Guangxiao was born at the wrong time. He was only seven years younger than Zhu Yuanzhang. He was also a monk. However, by the time Yao Guangxiao graduated from school, Zhu Yuanzhang had basically conquered the world.】
【Yao Guangxiao had learned all his life but never met his master. Naturally, he was extremely unwilling. He wanted to display his talents, but found that the world was settled and there was no place for Yao Guangxiao to display his talents.】
【Monk Dao Yan learned the art of slaying dragons, and he could only display his talents in troubled times. Now Zhu Yuanzhang has calmed the troubled times and governed the country well. Under Zhu Yuanzhang's rule, he has no chance to show off his talents.】
【So in order to realize his ambition, he planned to support an emperor comparable to Zhu Yuanzhang to prove his ability】
【He set his sights on Zhu Di because he felt the difference between Zhu Di and other princes.】
【When Zhu Di walked into the Zen room to choose the monks to accompany him, Dao Yan did not passively wait for Zhu Di to choose like others. Instead, he took the initiative to walk up to Zhu Di and whispered something that changed Zhu Di's life.】
【If the prince uses me, I am willing to give him a white hat】
【Zhu Di is already the King of Yan, and with the addition of a white hat, that is the emperor's 黄字】
【When Zhu Di heard this, he was shocked and looked at Yao Guangxiao. After seeing Yao Guangxiao's eyes shining brightly and his extraordinary momentum, Zhu Di finally chose Yao Guangxiao.】
【I have to admit that Zhu Di still had fantasies about the throne.】
【After Yao Guangxiao followed Zhu Di to Peiping, he often went in and out of Prince Yan's palace. In the name of giving lectures, he constantly looked for opportunities to persuade Zhu Di to rebel and seize the world.】
【However, Zhu Di is not a fool. As a vassal king who has experienced hundreds of battles, Zhu Di deeply understands how big the gap is between himself and the court. It is pure suicide to rebel and seize the throne.】
【At that time, the imperial court had a million-strong army, but Zhu Di's direct troops only had three guards of King Yan, less than 20,000 people.】
【The territory is only the fiefdom of King Yan, and he does not even control the entire Peiping, let alone compared with the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is simply a mayfly shaking a big tree.】
【Therefore, no matter how Yao Guangxiao encouraged him, Zhu Di politely refused every time. It was not that he did not want to be the emperor, but that he did not want to work hard without his head.】
【He is not like the old monk Yao Guangxiao who has nothing. He is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes. If the rebellion fails, the old monk will be alone and die.】
【But in Prince Yan's palace, he has a large family, and Zhu Di is now a first-class vassal king. He has endless wealth and glory, so why bother to engage in the business of beheading?】
【If life continues like this, maybe Zhu Di will become a wise king of the Ming Dynasty who will be famous all over the world in the future, or even Huo Qubing of the Ming Dynasty.】
【Although Zhu Di is not as talented as Huo Qubing, with the accumulation of experience and the support of the powerful Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di still has the opportunity to be a wolf and a disciple. This is also Zhu Di's lifelong pursuit.】
【But all this changed after Zhu Yuanzhang's death.】
【On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang died of illness in Yingtian. Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Zhu Di and other vassal kings went south to Yingtian to pay homage to Zhu Yuanzhang.】
【However, Zhu Yunwen issued an order that all vassal kings were not allowed to enter the capital, claiming that for the sake of world peace, vassal kings must stay in their own fiefdoms and are not allowed to go out, otherwise they will be severely punished.】
【When he heard the news, Zhu Di's eyes turned red instantly. As a son, he failed to fulfill his filial piety in front of his father, and even when he died, he couldn't go to worship in front of his soul. What kind of humiliation was this?】
【Zhu Di wanted to break into Yingtian directly, but he was blocked by someone. The person who stopped him was Zhu Di's brother-in-law Xu Huizu.】
【Zhu Di's Princess Yan is Xu Da's eldest daughter Xu Miaoyun, but Xu Da's eldest son doesn't like Zhu Di at all.】
【This time Zhu Di went south to worship, but Xu Huizu blocked his way south. Zhu Di went crazy with hatred, but had no choice but to bow in the direction of Yingtian with tears in his eyes, and returned to Peiping with tears in his eyes. 】(To read exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)
【Zhu Yunwen breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw all the kings returning to their fiefdoms.】
【The reason why he is so afraid of the kings coming to the capital is, after all, because of his status, which makes him feel extremely inferior.】
【Zhu Yunwen was not the legitimate son. Although he was named the eldest grandson, he always felt that Zhu Di and others were the legitimate sons of Zhu Yuanzhang and would pose a threat to his status.】
【More importantly, Zhu Yunwen had no great achievements. He was only 21 years old and had no support in the army. He was afraid that after King Yan came to the capital, he would contact his old troops. Once an unrest started in the capital, he might not be able to suppress it.】[]
【Now that he has successfully inherited the throne, Zhu Yunwen naturally wants to eliminate all the serious troubles he has in his heart.】
【For Zhu Yunwen, his biggest thorn in his side is naturally the King of Yan Zhu Di】
【After Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, his second son, King of Qin Zhu Fang, and his third son, King of Jin Zhu Fan, also passed away before him.】
【The highest-ranking vassal king in the world today is naturally King Zhu Di of Yan. Zhu Di is not only the royal lord, but also the most powerful vassal king in the north.】
【Zhu Yuanzhang originally named many of his princes as vassal kings, with the purpose of granting them titles to guard the border.】
【Zhu Di's fiefdom, Beiping, was the most important vassal town in the north. Therefore, Zhu Di often led troops out of the customs to conquer Mongolia.】
【After years of fighting, Zhu Di made great achievements and won the trust of Zhu Yuanzhang.】
【For this reason, Zhu Yuanzhang even gave Zhu Di the right to control the northern troops and horses. Nearly 100,000 troops and horses in Beiping, Liaodong, Shandong, Shanxi and other places were all under Zhu Di's control.】
【In addition, because Zhu Di fought all year round and won consecutive battles, basically all the northern soldiers fought under Zhu Di, which also led to Zhu Di's high prestige in the army.】
【Zhu Yunwen was most afraid of Zhu Di and wanted to get rid of him. Within half a year of taking office, Zhu Yunwen formed a core team specifically to reduce the vassal.】
【The core team mainly consists of three people, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and Qi Tai】
【Among them, Huang Zicheng is Zhu Yunwen's master. He is the most respected by Zhu Yunwen and is often called Mr. Huang.】
【Fang Xiaoru's literary reputation is spread all over the world, while Qi Tai is the Minister of the Ministry of War. He was personally selected by Zhu Yuanzhang to support Zhu Yunwen.】
【But on the matter of reducing the vassal status, several people had differences.】
【Qi Tai believed that since the vassal was to be reduced, the thief should be captured first. As long as Zhu Di was dealt with first, the other vassal kings would not be a concern at all.】
【But Huang Zicheng felt that Zhu Di was powerful. If Zhu Di was pushed into a hurry, he might rebel and the world would be in chaos. This was not the best plan.】
【He suggested that Zhu Di's wings should be cut off first, and Zhu Di's brother Zhou Wang Zhu Ji should be used to isolate Zhu Di.】
【Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng couldn't argue, each had his own reasons, and the final decision was given to Zhu Yunwen.】
【Zhu Yunwen naturally believed in his Mr. Huang the most, so he decided to capture Zhou Wang Zhu Xi first and launch the first battle to reduce the feudal vassal.】
【But little did he know that this decision would push him into an abyss!】...Dividing line...
The first order is the difference between life and death. I ask for the first order again. I beg all you brothers for your support. Thank you, little brother.
The first order is the difference between life and death. I am asking for the first order again. Please give me your support. Thank you, little brother..