"You are talking about Emperor Yongle, he is the fourth son of your family, King Yan Zhu Di!"
In the side hall of Shouning Palace, Han Cheng's lightly spoken words were simply earth-shattering!
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, who were waiting to know the answer, were completely confused by this absolutely unexpected answer.
Zhu Yuanzhang only felt that thunder was rolling in his mind, his head was buzzing, and there were stars in his eyes. !
Emperor Yongle is actually the fourth child? King Zhu Di of Yan? ! !
How is this possible! !
Zhu Biao also felt very dizzy. Unexpectedly! I really didn’t expect it!
The mysterious Yongle Emperor was not his son, nor his grandson, nor his descendant at all.
Turns out to be the fourth child? !
This...how could this happen?
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!!"
After a short period of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang's somewhat changed voice sounded.
He was extremely emotional.
"How could the fourth child be Emperor Yongle?!
Even if Biao'er is gone from now on, we will only pass the throne to Biao'er's son, and we will never pass it on to the fourth child! ! "
This is the principle that Zhu Yuanzhang has always adhered to. In his opinion, only the eldest son and eldest grandson are orthodox, and only the eldest son is qualified to inherit the throne, and the rest need to stand back!
Even if Biao'er has no descendants, in order of eldest and youngest, there will still be the second and third children, and the fourth child will not get his turn no matter what!
Last night, after being reminded by Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma made a series of reasonable guesses about who Emperor Yongle was.
But no matter how they guessed and reasoned, even if they made many extremely bad guesses, they never thought about it.
I have never thought that the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty would not be from Biao'er's lineage.
After all, Biao'er now has two sons.
And there is no problem with Biao's fertility.
Even if things go according to the original progress, Biao'er will only have less than ten years to live. In these ten years, it will not be any problem for him to leave a few more descendants.
No matter how they calculated, they never thought that the emperor of Ming Dynasty was not a descendant of Biao'er.
I never thought that I would go to the fourth child! !
Seeing the emotional Zhu Yuanzhang, Han Cheng was not surprised at all.
He knew very well that according to Zhu Yuanzhang's character, he would react after learning about this matter.
"Your Majesty, this is indeed true. As you said, you will never pass the throne to King Yan, but only to the son of His Highness the Crown Prince.
But this cannot stand up to the uncertainty of the world! "
"What's wrong? Don't tell us that there will be some big accident in the future, which will cause Biao'er's descendants to disappear while we are still alive.
Not only Biao'er, but also the second, third and third sons, as well as their descendants, are all gone! ! "
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Han Cheng with red eyes and asked, his tone somewhat unkind and questioning.
Han Cheng shook his head and said: "That's impossible, how could such an outrageous thing happen?
There were several descendants of His Royal Highness who were still alive when you passed away.
In addition to Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunxi, His Royal Highness the Prince later gave birth to two more sons.
Your Majesty, before you passed away, you indeed passed the throne to the son of His Highness the Crown Prince. The successor to the throne was Yun Wen, with the reign name Jianwen. "
Han Cheng slept well yesterday and woke up with a clear head today and no other important things to do.
Zhu Yuanzhang came to ask about Emperor Yongle again. Han Cheng naturally did not hide anything and told the matter directly.
Did you pass the throne to Yun Wen?
Yunwen's reign name is Jianwen?
Yun Wen is only five years old now, and there is a big age gap between him and the fourth child.
Under normal circumstances, the possibility of Yunwen walking in front of the fourth child is very small.
In other words, it is very possible that the fourth child stole the throne from Yun Wen?
The fourth child with thick eyebrows and big eyes would do such a thing?
"No! Han Cheng, what you said is wrong!!"
At this moment, Zhu Biao, whose head was buzzing at the unexpected news told by Han Cheng, suddenly said such words, feeling a little excited.
He could not accept the fact that the fourth child became the emperor.
This does not mean that Zhu Biao regarded the throne as so important that it must be his descendants.
It's because, through Han Chengcai's words, he heard that in the future, there is a great possibility that there will be a bloody conflict between Lao Si and Yun Wen!
The fight for the throne has always been extremely cruel, a fight to the death of you and me.
Since the fourth child replaced Yun Wen later, he became the new emperor.
As for his son Yun Wen, I'm afraid...it will be difficult to get a good one!
Zhu Biao has a generous personality. Under some special circumstances, it is not impossible for him to become the emperor.
But he was very worried about what was going on here, with relatives fighting each other, turning against each other, and a life-and-death struggle.
Zhu Biao has always been very lucky.
I feel very lucky.
The father had unconditional trust in him, and he would not be as guarded against the prince as other emperors were, and would even regard the prince as his number one enemy.
Causing father and son to become enemies.
His younger brothers also respect themselves as the eldest brother and will never commit fratricide because of the throne.
Although they are royals, they do not lack the warmth that ordinary people should have.
But who would have thought that this kind of thing would eventually happen to his family!
Something like this actually happened between the fourth child and his son Yunwen! !
This was something he couldn't accept, and it was also the reason why he was so emotional at this time.
"Lao Si asked you yesterday whether he would become the Ming Dynasty's general who conquered the north in the future, whether he would be able to conquer Yan Ran's meritorious service and banish the wolf to Xu. You said he had achieved such an achievement!
Since he has done such things and achieved such great achievements, how could he rebel and seize Yun Wen's throne? ! "
After Zhu Biao asked this question, he stared at Han Cheng, waiting for Han Cheng to answer at this time.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in shock next to him, also woke up after hearing these words.
"yes!!"
He slapped the back of his head fiercely, looked at Han Cheng and said, "If Biao'er hadn't said it, we would have almost been deceived by you!
Since the fourth child became the Ming Dynasty's general conquering the north, how could he possibly rebel? Will he become Emperor Yongle? ! "
He stared at Han Cheng with burning eyes, trying to get a reasonable explanation from Han Cheng.
Han Cheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you two have some misunderstandings on this matter.
Who said that if you become the Ming Dynasty's general who conquered the north, you can't become the emperor?
There shouldn't be any conflict in this matter, right? "
When Han Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao couldn't help but shrink their eyes.
"You mean to say that the fourth child first became the Ming Dynasty's general who conquered the north, and Yan Ran took advantage of it and sealed the wolf as his subordinate. Then he became so powerful that he was jealous of Yun Wen, and finally rebelled?
Or was it that after the fourth son was granted the title of Lang Juxu, his ambitions grew, and then he led his troops south to attack the capital? "
Zhu Biao asked with a trembling voice.
He felt that the actual situation should be what he thought.
The fourth child must have become the general of the Northern Conquest when Yun Wen became emperor.
Because when his father was still there, there were many generals available, and it would definitely not be the Fourth's turn to conquer the North.
Only after his father is gone and the number of generals becomes scarce can the fourth child become the general of the Northern Conquest.
After listening to what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Yuanzhang clenched his fists, and the veins on the back of his hands jumped.
He stared at Han Cheng unblinkingly.
Although he was extremely reluctant to believe that this was the truth, his reason told him that this should be the truth.
As a result, Han Cheng shook his head.
"it's not true."
It's not like this?
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were both stunned.
"Then...he became the Ming Dynasty's North-Conquering General while his father was still alive?"
Zhu Biao asked, with some disbelief: "Did the Ming Dynasty's generals wither to this extent when my father was here?"
As a result, Han Cheng shook his head again: "That's not the case."
This immediately confused both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.
I really don't understand what's going on.
He was not the General of the Conquering the North during the Hongwu Dynasty, but he was also the General of the Conquering the North when Yun Wen was the emperor. When could he be the General of the Conquering the North?
"It can't be that after the fourth child became Emperor Yongle, he became the General of the Northern Conquest, right?"
Zhu Biao said this aloud.
He didn't even believe it when he said it.
How could such nonsense exist in the world?
After becoming the emperor, and then becoming the general who conquered the north, wouldn't the order be reversed?
Unexpectedly, Han Cheng, who had been shaking his head, nodded this time: "Yes, he was the general who conquered the north after becoming the emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were stunned for a moment when they heard Han Cheng's words.
what's the situation?
Is there really such a naughty operation?
Did he really become the emperor first and then become the general of the Northern Conquest? ?
"To be specific, after King Zhu Di of Yan became Emperor Yongle, in order to completely wipe out the northern grassland tribes so that the descendants of the Ming Dynasty would no longer have the trouble of the northern barbarians, he conducted a total of five northern expeditions to expand the territory and defeat the northern barbarians. Throw away your armor.
When Emperor Yongle personally led his troops on an expedition, he would ask the prince to supervise the country, help him stabilize the rear, and handle national political affairs on his behalf.
Therefore, people in later generations jokingly called him Emperor Yongle. In fact, he was not Emperor Yongle, but his son's general who conquered the north. "
Han Cheng's voice rang out to Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Biao explained the origin of this general who conquered Peking University.
After hearing what Han Cheng said, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were both stunned.
Everything that seemed unreasonable before is now clear.
It turns out that the fourth child is such a general who conquered the north!
Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a while and said: "I didn't expect the fourth child to be so aggressive!
Let's just say that this guy is just made to be a general and cannot become an emperor.
How about it?
Even after he was lucky enough to become emperor, it was still difficult to conceal his true nature as a general.
As an emperor, he went on personal expeditions five times in a row, turning an emperor into a general who conquered the north! ! "
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a snort.
After Zhu Biao frowned, he said, "The fourth child shouldn't be that aggressive, right?
Why is he so warlike after becoming emperor?
Even if it’s just one personal expedition by the emperor, he came five times in a row?
Where have the nobles and top generals of the Ming Dynasty gone? "
This is also Zhu Yuanzhang's doubts.
Facing the gazes of the two men, Han Cheng said: "Your Majesty is in good health and has lived for seventy-one years. This is a rare longevity among all emperors.
The group of capable veteran generals who founded the Ming Dynasty were all ahead of His Majesty.
Among the younger generation, Lan Yu, who was capable of fighting, was too arrogant and domineering, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince died young.
While His Majesty was still here, Lan Yu was proud of his merits.
Especially in the 21st year of Hongwu, Lan Yu led his troops to the north, defeated the remnant imperial court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in Yuerhai, and captured alive the Dibaonu, the son of the Northern Yuan emperor, as well as numerous princesses, concubines, and hundreds of members of the Northern Yuan royal family. There were more than 3,000 officials, plus the rest of the prisoners, for a total of nearly 80,000 people.
Completely dismantled the remaining imperial court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, causing it to lose its organizational structure.
In this battle, Lan Yu directly became a god!
He became the well-deserved number one general in the late Hongwu period!
His Majesty was very happy and directly compared Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Lan Yu.
But although Lan Yu is capable, he has no self-control ability. Compared with General Xu Da, he is far behind!
After establishing such skills and proving his abilities, Lan Yu's already arrogant temperament became even more arrogant and arrogant.
For example, Lan Yu has many slaves and adopted sons in his mansion. These people rely on Lan Yu's authority to do all kinds of evil.
Oppress the people.
Sapphire not only does not restrain them, but also protects them.
For example, once, Lan Yu forcibly occupied farmland in Dongchang. A censor came to investigate according to the rules, but was driven away by Lan Yu.
For another example, when Lan Yu returned from the Northern Expedition with a great victory, because the soldiers stationed at Xifeng Pass did not open the door in time, they directly connived at his soldiers, broke through Xifeng Pass, and forced their way in...
If His Highness the Crown Prince is always in good health, it would be okay for Lan Yu to be more arrogant and domineering.
Because he is the general left by His Majesty to His Highness, and His Highness can also suppress Lan Yu.
But His Highness died young.
And Lan Yu, how should I put it... has too many character flaws.
After His Highness died young, he still didn't know how to restrain himself and acted erratically.
Later, His Majesty asked him to lead troops to fight in the northwest. After returning, he was named the Crown Prince and Grand Tutor. However, Lan Yu disliked him for being too young and felt that only a higher-level Grand Master could be worthy of him based on his own merits...
So, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, the commander of the Jinyi Guards reported Lan Yu for secretly treason...
This time, there were many people involved, and almost more than 15,000 people lost their lives.
It is known as the Blue Jade Case in history, and together with other major cases, it is known as the Four Major Hongwu Cases..."
Han Cheng's story made Zhu Biao's expression change.
His mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say.
He really didn't expect that Lan Yu, whom he should call his uncle, would end up like this.
Holding back the shock in his heart, and thinking about it carefully, Zhu Biao discovered that according to Lan Yu's temperament, he would die early, and his father was planning to let Yun Wen take over. Lan Yu's ending was actually doomed.
Although it is surprising, if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising.
Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth moved, but he didn't say anything.
Although he had long seen that Lan Yu had a bad temper, he never thought that in the future, he would develop to such an arrogant and domineering state without knowing how to restrain himself!
According to the situation Han Cheng said, there was no discussion about killing him!
If he really knew how to advance and retreat, then under the circumstances at that time, he would have paved the way for Wen's succession and done a lot of things to eliminate many hidden dangers.
But he will definitely leave Lan Yu with a good death.
Even before his death, it was not impossible to find reasons to depose Lan Yu, and then after Yun Wen succeeded to the throne, he would promote him again, show favors to him, and continue to use him.
But this guy is seeking death no matter what!
“The Blue Jade case was very involved, and many people lost their lives because of it, especially the military, which was the most serious.
Many officers who had been trained were eliminated because of this.
Later, King Zhu Di of Yan raised troops to quell Jingnan. The two sides fought in the arena and lost some generals...
Later, the Battle of Jingnan ended.
Because during the time of crisis, in order to avoid falling into a two-sided war, King Yan relaxed his suppression of the northern tribes and adopted some tolerant policies.
The northern tribes took advantage of the civil war in the Ming Dynasty to develop again.
And gradually disrespected the Ming Dynasty.
Especially after the envoys sent by Emperor Yongle were killed by those tribes, Emperor Yongle could no longer bear it.
He sent his generals and elite soldiers to attack the barbarians in order to avenge the envoy's death.
As a result, the result this time was that the entire army was annihilated...
Emperor Yongle was furious, and he was going to send people again to conquer the barbarians, take revenge, and solve the border troubles.
As a result, when he looked around, he found that the Ming Dynasty no longer had a qualified commander, and the most qualified commander turned out to be himself.
So I started my personal expedition and led my troops across Mobei..."
As Han Cheng told it, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao gradually understood why Zhu Di became the general in the northern expedition and how he led troops to the northern expedition one after another.
After Han Cheng's words fell, the side hall of Shouning Palace fell into silence for a while. It was very quiet.
"Han Cheng, tell us when the Fourth Brother...the Fourth Brother will launch his troops."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know what he was thinking of, looking at Han Cheng and asking.
Han Chengdao: "In the 31st year of Hongwu, in the fifth month, His Majesty passed away. The emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen inherited the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. The following year, the name of Hongwu was changed to Jianwen.
In June of the first year of Jianwen, King Zhu Di of Yan raised his troops to quell the situation. "
There was only one year before and after?
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment.
Then the look he looked at Han Cheng became different.
He shook his head vigorously: "No! No!"
This is not right! ! Han Cheng, you must not have told us the truth about this matter! "
Zhu Yuanzhang said with a firm voice.
Han Cheng said: "I wonder where your Majesty discovered something was wrong?"
"It's very wrong!
According to your statement, we died in May of the 31st year of Hongwu's reign, and Lao Si started the rebellion in June of the following year. There was only a short difference of one year.
Since we have chosen Yun Wen as the emperor's grandson, we will definitely spare no effort to educate him.
It will also pave the way for him and eliminate all future troubles.
We will definitely teach him and not allow him to use some means to deal with the prince.
He will also give corresponding explanations to those princes and will not let them mess around.
If we can't be sure that there will be no problems with our arrangements, we will definitely have to think of some solutions for those princes and the like. "
Regarding this point, even if it is still very far away from the future, Zhu Yuanzhang is confident enough to confirm that he will definitely do this.
"If you say that we have been away for ten or eight years, and something like this happens again in three or five years, we will believe it. But I only believe that we have only been away for a year, and something like this happened again, but I don't believe it!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said this, looking at Han Cheng with a somewhat scrutinizing gaze.
At this time, he was wondering whether Han Cheng had ulterior motives and deliberately said this so that he could use his own hands to punish the fourth child.
After all, only Han Cheng knows about the future, and he can say whatever he wants!
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Biao, who was feeling uncomfortable in his heart and was greatly shocked, also reacted at this time.
The look in Han Cheng's eyes also became different.
He also felt that relying on Lao Si's performance, his understanding of Lao Si, and Lao Si's respect for him, he would look after Yun Wen in the future instead of raising an army to oppose Yun Wen! !
Han Cheng smiled and said: "It sounds very fake, right? But that's the fact.
Writing requires logic, but reality does not. What happens in reality is often much more outrageous.
Your Majesty, you are right. You have indeed made arrangements in this matter.
Before Emperor Jianwen ascended the throne, while His Majesty was still there, Your Majesty followed the same example of training His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and let Emperor Jianwen, who was still the grandson of the Emperor, handle government affairs.
And he also has the generous style of a prince.
Regarding the issue of princes, His Majesty also told him many times that brothers are not allowed to kill each other, saying that those princes protect the Ming Dynasty, especially those kings of Sai.
Zhu Yunwen also agreed very well and said he would continue to do so according to your instructions.
As a result, your majesty had just passed away and Zhu Yunwen had just ascended the throne. With the assistance of Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai and others, he began to prepare to reduce the vassal status.
In July of that year, just two months after His Majesty's death, the King of Zhou was killed, his family was brought back to Nanjing, deposed as common people, and moved to Yunnan...
The reason for reducing the vassal status was that the second son of King Zhou reported his father for rebellion.
The key is that the second son of King Zhou was only ten years old at that time..."
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, who had been looking at Han Cheng with scrutinizing eyes just now, wondering if Han Cheng had impure motives and was deliberately lying, were stunned for a moment.
Can you still play like this?
What kind of serious brain disease is this?
By the way, after inheriting the throne, the most important thing an emperor should do is not to first grasp the power and be familiar with government affairs?
Strengthen your position bit by bit.
Even if you really want to cut down the vassal vassal, you will need to wait at least three to five years. After you have established your footing, you can then plan this matter!
As a result, Zhu Yunwen was not lucky. As soon as he came to the throne, he began to plan to reduce the vassal status.
He ascended the throne in May and won Lao Wu in July!
How fast should this be?
The reason turned out to be that a ten-year-old child reported rebellion? ! !
Just now I heard Han Cheng say that Huang Zicheng and Qitai were sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks. To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt a little happy in his heart.
Crouching dragon and phoenix chick!
To be given such a title, one can only imagine how capable these two people are!
It must be unusual for Yun Wen to have such capable ministers and assistants.
After listening to what Han Cheng said, he suddenly realized that this sleeping dragon and phoenix chick were so uncomfortable.
Can such a person be called a sleeping dragon and a phoenix? !
Pooh! !
"In April of the first year of Jianwen, the king of Qi, the king of Xiang, and the king of Dai were beheaded. Within one month, three kings were beheaded and they were all deposed as common people.
King Xiang had a strong temperament, and in anger, he burned his palace to death in order to prove his innocence by dying.
King Qi was under house arrest in Nanjing, and King Dai was under house arrest in Datong.
Two months later, King Min...
While doing this, Zhu Yunwen also quickly made adjustments to the court, began to promote civil servants on a large scale, and quickly improved the status of civil servants, for example, promoting all six ministers to the first grade.
This move caused widespread dissatisfaction among military commanders...
While doing this, Zhu Yunwen was also making intensive preparations to capture King Zhu Di of Yan.
The methods include transferring the troops under the jurisdiction of King Yan from the Northern Plains, ordering Song Zhong to garrison troops in Peiping, and appointing people from the imperial court as the chief envoy to Peiping, commanding the envoys..."
As Han Cheng spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's breathing became heavier.
"boom!!"
When Han Cheng's words fell, Zhu Yuanzhang finally couldn't help it anymore, picked up a newly delivered chair and slammed it on the table.
The demolition mode has started again!
"Beasts!! Worse than pigs and dogs!!!"
"We are really blind!!"
Zhu Yuanzhang cursed loudly, and his voice changed his tone.
He is really angry!
I originally thought that the grandson Zhu Yunwen was pretty good and looked smart, but he turned out to be such a idiot! !
You're just a straw bag, you're still so ruthless!
Those are his uncles!
How could he do such a thing!
Old Twelve... Old Twelve was actually forced to set himself on fire and died! ! !
Evil beast!
What a bad beast! ! !
At this time, Zhu Biao's chest was also full of anger, and he felt that his chest was about to explode!
He really didn't expect that this kid Zhu Yunwen would do such a thing!
They are all his brothers and blood relatives!
As a result, this thief dared to do this? ! !
No wonder!
No wonder this fourth child rebelled!
No wonder he, as his younger brother, doesn't take care of his son.
Instead, I chose this path!
This is forcing the fourth child into a corner. If he doesn't resist, he will die! !
Thinking of his brothers being treated like this by the evil beast Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Biao became angry and annoyed, wishing he could skin this guy!
Old Twelve, Old Twelve was actually forced to death!
The whole palace set itself on fire! ! !
Extremely angry, Zhu Biao felt dizzy in front of his eyes.
It hurts so much.
Tears couldn't help falling.
His whole body was shaking.
How dare he!
How dare he! !
This evil beast! ! !
Zhu Yuanzhang banged the tables and chairs randomly for a while, and the tables and chairs in Shouning Palace fell apart again.
But after smashing it, he still felt relieved and very angry in his heart.
It took me how many years and how much effort I spent to transfer a lot of military power from those factions to the hands of my own Lao Zhu family.
In order to prevent the northern barbarians from getting bigger again, resurrecting, and once again conquering the Central Plains and the capital, many considerations were made on the title of king.
From north to south, a total of three lines were built, along the border, the Yellow River, and the Yangtze River, and many arrangements were made to resist the aliens.
With these arrangements and the presence of these princes of the Zhu family, even if the aliens really want to go south in the future, it will be very difficult.
It turned out to be good now. As soon as this evil beast got started, he ruined his arrangement and regarded all his teachings as farts!
And he was so harsh on his uncles! Damn it! !
Too much, really too much! !
After standing here for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang left Han Cheng angrily with a gloomy face without saying a word.
He was going to kill that evil beast Zhu Yunwen! !
The same was true for Zhu Biao, who headed towards Chunhe Palace with wind blowing under his feet.
He also wants to beat this bastard to death!
They couldn't reach those things in the late Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Yunwen could! !
…
Here in Chunhe Palace, Crown Princess Lu has been up for a long time, cooking and doing housework here.
In fact, she was not a diligent person by nature, but she knew that Zhu Yuanzhang, Queen Ma, Zhu Biao and others liked diligent people, so she became diligent.
She was in a good mood at this time.
The depression from last night has disappeared a lot.
The reason for this is naturally because in the name of caring, after Zhu Biao left, she once again looked for Zhu Yunxi, a little artifact to relieve stress.
Thinking about the silly look of that little kid Zhu Yunxi, and then looking at her good eldest son Zhu Yunwen not far away, Lu's mood became even better.
This is the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty!
No one can take away Yun Wen's throne.
Just as I was thinking proudly, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao came...
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