[Easter egg at the end of the chapter, you can check it out! 】
Jinling, Yingtianfu City.
As the companion capital of the Ming Dynasty, Yingtianfu is a prosperous place with prosperous industries and a prosperous population. It is a rare prosperous place in the world.
On the long street in the city, a carriage was crowded among the crowds, traveling at an extremely slow speed.
Inside the carriage, a young man with a handsome face opened the curtain and looked at the world.
The young man is wearing a dark blue cloud-patterned round-neck robe, Sichuan brocade flying cloud boots on his feet, and his bun is fixed with a jade ring and hosta. He exudes unrivaled nobility in a low-key manner.
"I grew up in an orphanage in my previous life. After graduation, I enjoyed blessings every day. I didn't even get a girlfriend, so I didn't have anything to worry about!"
Thinking back to the last night when I worked overtime, the light when I fainted was actually more dazzling than the sun at this moment.
"This world, this status, it's worth it!" Zhu Jinghong sighed in a low voice.
Slowly lowering the curtain, Zhu Jinghong removed the sadness from his expression and his eyes became particularly determined.
In his previous life, he lived a useless life with no resources and no background. Now that he has traveled through time and entered the royal family, he vowed to live a vigorous life.
The emperor's surname is Zhu and his surname is Zhu. But if the old man can be the emperor, why can't he, Zhu Jinghong, be the emperor?
Of course, there is also a practical factor in wanting to be emperor, that is, he really can't trust his two brothers.
Shaking his head and putting aside these messy thoughts, Zhu Jinghong asked: "Yuxin, how long until we arrive?"
In front of the carriage, a young man named Yuxin was pulling the reins and driving the horse forward with a whip.
Hearing the sound inside the carriage, Lu Yuxin quickly replied: "Replying to the Thirteenth Master, we have passed the Confucius Temple and are ahead of Wuding Gate!"
"Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a temple fair in Confucius Temple, and there are a lot of people entering the city, so the journey is slow..."
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Lu Yuxin explained carefully.
Now he feels a lot of pressure because today he is taking the fifteen-year-old prince to play in the Qinhuai River outside Wuding Gate.
If this matter was reported back to Shenjing, I'm afraid his father would beat him to death before His Majesty the Emperor could hold him accountable.
Lu Yuxin knew very well whether he could do this, but Zhu Jinghong wanted to go out, so it was impossible to make him disobey.
After all, it would take time for the emperor to investigate, and the Thirteenth Master's fist was right in front of him. He, Lu Yuxin, could not withstand the opponent's overwhelming strength.
"Don't be in a hurry, walk slowly...I'm just going to open your eyes, don't think too much!"
Zhu Jinghong was telling the truth. It had only been five days since he traveled to this world. After slowly adapting to his identity, he naturally wanted to see the prosperity of this world.
As for why the Qinhuai River was the first choice, Zhu Jinghong said he didn’t know.
The carriage continued to move forward, but as it moved slowly, it heard quarrels coming from the front, covering up the shouts on the street.
"what happened?"
"Going back to Thirteenth Master, there's a traffic jam in front of us. More than a dozen sedans are refusing to give way to each other. I want you to ask someone to drive them away?"
Opening the curtain, Zhu Jinghong saw the crowds of people around him and shook his head: "Where can I go? I might as well get off the car and walk!"
"Thirteenth Master, you must not do it. There are so many people on the street now, and there might be thieves among them. If Thirteenth Master makes a mistake, I will die forever!"
While Lu Yuxin was speaking, several other burly young men around the carriage also gathered around to persuade him.
This time Zhu Jinghong went out in a light carriage with only eight dragon guards accompanying him.
These people are all noble sons, and the family has put in a lot of effort to make them join the Dragon Guard and enter the garrison.
In the current Ming Dynasty, if the noble children want to make a difference, the experience of joining the Dragon Guard is particularly important.
There is a great future ahead of them, how can they not cherish it.
If Zhu Jinghong wants to get off the bus, in their view, he is putting himself in danger, and if something goes wrong, their future will be over, so they will strongly oppose it.
"It's just a matter of getting off the car, no need to say more!"
Zhu Jinghong said impatiently, then opened the curtain of the carriage and walked out of the carriage.
"Master Thirteen..."
Lu Yuxin wanted to persuade him again, but Zhu Jinghong smiled and said: "If there is a thief, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand my punches. If you don't believe it... we can spar again when we return to the palace!"
This sentence made everyone speechless.
The Thirteenth Prince was born with supernatural powers. He liked to dance with guns and sticks since he was a child. Now he has become unparalleled in riding and shooting. He is known to everyone in the capital for his high status.
Not to mention the eight of them, even eight more would not be enough for Zhu Jinghong to beat.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhu Jinghong took the first step and walked forward with his hands behind his back.
"gone!"
Everyone was helpless, so they could only follow him, and vowed to change positions when they went back, so that they would no longer be frightened by this man.
Although there were many pedestrians on the street, walking was not affected at all, not to mention that Lu Yuxin was leading the way.
"Yuxin, your family is commanding the Zhenjiang Guards, but do you know that there are four major families in Jinling?"
Zhenjiang Prefecture is next to Yingtian Prefecture, so Lu Yuxin is considered a local and knows more about this place.
Lu Yuxin took two steps back, followed Zhu Jinghong and leaned forward and replied: "When I reply to the Thirteenth Master, there is a saying that I am talking about the four families of Xue, King of Jia Shi!"
"Of the four families, only the Xue family stayed in Yingtian, and the other three families followed the ancestors to Shenjing. Now..."
After listening to Lu Yuxin's introduction, Zhu Jinghong's thoughts wandered far away.
The four major families in Jinling were indeed real, and he was finally sure that he had traveled through time and entered the Red Mansion.
He had never read the original work in his previous life, and had only briefly watched the TV series. He was not very clear about the plot. He only knew that there were twelve hairpins and four major families.
But he has not been idle these days. By sorting out the memories of his predecessor, he has a basic understanding of this world.
On the basis of the history of the previous life, the deviation was not big by the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It was still the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang who swept the world and unified the world with the body of a commoner.
However, after Zhu Yuanzhang, history was completely different, because it was not Zhu Yunwen who succeeded, but Jin Wang Zhu Fan who was established as the prince and became Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty.
After Taizong succeeded to the throne, he moved the capital to Luoyang according to his imperial edict. Afterwards, through Gaozong, Renzong, and Xianzong, the Ming Dynasty's national power flourished, and all nations from all over the world came to visit the dynasty.
However, no feudal dynasty can escape the historical cycle. When the throne was passed to the twelfth emperor Yizong, the Ming Dynasty was already experiencing internal and external troubles and was in turmoil.
After Yizong passed away and the common people succeeded to the throne, domestic rebels ravaged the north and the lands of Shaanxi and Gansu. In addition, the Mongolian Golden Family rose up at this time and led various ministries outside the customs to continuously harass Jiubian.
In June of the second year of Zhiping, that is, June of the twentieth year of Dading, the Mongolian tribes broke through the nine-border defense line. The official army was routed thousands of miles away, and half of the country was lost.
At that time, Su Wang Zhu Shenzhuo, the fourth son of Yizong who was granted the title of Lanzhou, gathered the remnants of the nine-sided army, raised the banner of expelling the Tartars again, and began his journey to pacify the world.
In September of the fifth year of Zhiping, it took only three years for King Su and his family to regain the northwest. The northeast was in a confrontation with Mongolia, and the south and the imperial court relied on each other.
But the problem is that Zhu Shenzhuo, who commanded 100,000 troops, was also a close member of the royal family, so he was deeply feared by Emperor Zhu Shenzhen, and he was repeatedly weakened, suppressed and restricted.
When King Su's strength was damaged and he himself was worried, his subordinates were even more frightened and urged him to make "plans" early.
In the end, half-heartedly, Su Wang Zhu Shenzhuo announced to the world that there were treacherous ministers in the court who caused chaos, causing the country to fall into ruins and lose lives.
Subsequently, Zhu Shenzhuo took the ancestral teachings of Emperor Ming as his motto, raised the flag beside the Qing emperor, and sent troops from Chang'an directly towards Shenjing.
Perhaps it was destiny. Wherever Zhu Shenzhuo went, there was little resistance from soldiers and civilians.
When the main force was fighting against the Northern invaders, it took less than a year for King Su's army to invade the sacred capital of Luoyang, which was known in history as the "Battle of Jingnan".
Zhiping Emperor Zhu Shenzhuo committed suicide in the palace. The courtiers found the "posthumous edict" of Yizong passing Zhu Shenzhuo to the throne six years ago on the plaque in the main hall of Qianqing Palace.
All civil and military officials, veterans, soldiers and civilians collectively advised Zhu Shenzhuo to follow the late emperor's edict and succeed him as emperor in order to calm the hearts of all the people in the world.
Zhu Shenzhuo couldn't resist again and again, so he had no choice but to follow the invitation of civil and military ministers and follow the imperial edict of his father Yizong to succeed him as king and become the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
After Zhu Shenzhuo succeeded to the throne, he changed his name to Yuan Zhangwu. He accused his brother Zhu Shenzhen of pretending to be the successor, deposed his throne and demoted him to a commoner, and none of his descendants survived.
Next, Zhu Shenzhuo's internal bandits invaded Mongolia, and it took five years to completely recover the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
During the next thirty years of his rule, Zhu Shenzhuo continued to use troops against various northern ministries, re-establishing the supreme authority of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Shenzhuo himself became the overlord of the East Asian world, and his reputation was as high as that of Tian Khan a thousand years ago.
The Four Kings, Eight Dukes and Sixteen Marquises followed Zhu Shenzhuo in his campaigns in the north and south, and then received high official positions and generous salaries to pass down the family line.
