Zhu Di, who had been so angry just now and looked like he was going to launch an army to hold him accountable, suddenly felt a familiar sense of majesty, as if a mouse had seen a cat, and he calmed down immediately.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment. Zhu Di looked at "Zhu Gaojie" and swallowed calmly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked Zhu Di up and down with great interest. After a long time, he slowly said: "Speak, are you mute?"
Normally, if someone dared to talk to Zhu Di like this, he would be a big mouth and then ask the guards to drag the person down and chop him down.
But now for some reason, Zhu Di felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look directly at the other person: "What did you say?"
Zhu Yuanzhang held out three fingers: "Go ahead, you have at least three things to say."
Zhu Di's brain was racing: "It was my fault just now, I want to apologize to you."
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head: "That's not the case."
"I will go back and write the Zen edict now."
"That's not the case either."
Zhu Di felt that his brain was not enough: "I couldn't kill Emperor Jianwen, he committed suicide."
"Suicide?"
Zhu Yuanzhang tilted his head slightly and said, "Explain this to me. You are the king and I am the minister. I should kneel down to you."
Zhu Di waved his hand quickly: "No need."
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly: "Kneel down!"
Zhu Di's mind went blank, and his body was shaking uncontrollably. The ridge bone in his waist was pulled away at this moment, his knees softened, and he immediately knelt down.
…
"Your Majesty Yang Rong, would you like to see your Majesty... His Highness?"
Yang Rong walked into the martial arts academy and was about to discuss the liberal arts academy with Zhu Gaojie when he suddenly saw a scene that made his heart stop.
——His Majesty the Emperor just knelt down in front of His Highness the Crown Prince.
Yang Rong rubbed his eyes and sighed: "Hey, what am I doing here? Yes, I should go home."
He turned around to leave, wishing he could pluck out his eyeballs. Damn it, what did his eyes just see?
Zhu Di shouted angrily in a low voice: "Get out!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Stop!"
The two of them spoke out at the same time, asking Yang Rong to leave or stay.
He was about to cry but had no tears: "How about... Your Majesty and His Highness just pretend they haven't seen me?"
…
Zhu Di stood up, quietly dusted off his knees, and said impatiently to Yang Rong: "If you have anything to do, tell me quickly."
Yang Rong said quickly: "I have discussed with Mr. Xia, and I feel that it is appropriate for His Highness to be the dean of the Academy of Arts. However, I do not dare to make an arbitrary decision, so I came here to ask for your Majesty's and His Highness's opinions."
"That's all?"
Zhu Di waved his hand, "Okay, get out of here."
"okay."
Yang Rong seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw. He wished he could grow four legs and immediately fell asleep.
After Yang Rong left, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di looked at each other, silent and embarrassed.
With strong doubts, Zhu Di finally couldn't help but ask: "You...who are you?"
He was sure that the person standing in front of him now was definitely not Zhu Gaojie!
He was too familiar with the other person's temperament and demeanor. This was the only unique temperament of a person that could scare him.
But he wasn't sure because...
This is really ridiculous.
The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth raised slightly: "I am just a commoner from Huaiyou."
Zhu Di was struck by lightning. Although he had expected it, he was still shocked when he heard the answer spoken by the other party himself.
I am a commoner in Huaiyou, how can the world compare to me?
With the help of Heaven's blessing, it started from the fields and became a great cause.
Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Taizu and Gao, stood up from Huaiyou, raised a three-foot sword, and fought with the heroes to win. Taking advantage of the victory, he headed north, drove the captives away from the desert. The universe is established and restored to its throne, the sun and the moon are purified and restored to their glory; the seas and mountains are laid to rest and remain as before, and the people return to their crowns and shoes, how can I have attained the majesty of a saint?
Logically speaking, when a son sees his dead father, he should be so excited that he bursts into tears.
Zhu Di was indeed very excited. He was so excited that he wanted to run away.
He had dreamed countless times in his sleep that Zhu Yuanzhang came to him with a three-foot sword to question him. He was tortured by this inner demon day and night, which made him miserable. He was afraid of his biological father to the core of his bones.
After hesitating again and again, Zhu Di asked tentatively: "How about I continue to kneel?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly: "Then kneel down."
Zhu Di knelt down obediently, for no other reason than that he felt more comfortable kneeling. As long as Lao Zhu doesn't mention the knife to chop him, everything will be fine. Let alone kneeling, what will happen if he knocks two people?
Zhu Di asked cautiously: "Dad, why are you back again? Aren't you already dead... Ahem, aren't you already going to heaven to enjoy your blessings?"
Lao Zhu sneered and said: "Aren't we still thinking about you, our precious son? We were afraid that you would be hungry and freezing in the world, so we came back to see you. Unexpectedly, you were living a very comfortable life, even wearing a dragon robe. "
Zhu Di sweated to himself and tried to quibble: "Dad, you really don't blame me, it's Jianwen, this little bastard..."
Lao Zhu raised his eyebrows: "Huh? What did you say?"
Zhu Di quickly changed his words: "It's my lovely nephew Yunwen. He doesn't want to be the emperor himself, so he has to let me sit in this big position. I wonder how this can be done. Yunwen is my eldest brother's son. He sits on the throne. The throne is just right. What if I want to be the emperor? But my nephew is too enthusiastic. In order for me to become the emperor, he burned down the Qianqing Palace with himself. I had no choice but to become the emperor for him first. This emperor."
Lao Zhu said happily: "Slap yourself twice."
"okay."
Zhu Di slapped himself twice honestly.
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly, "Listen for yourself, who can you deceive with these stories?"
What words!
Can he believe these stories compiled by Zhu Laosi?
The three-year-old child felt that it was ridiculous when he heard it. The key point was that Zhu Di actually made it up in a decent way, which almost moved him to tears.
Zhu Di did not dare to entangle himself with Emperor Jianwen's affairs, and quickly changed the subject: "Father, how did you survive? Didn't Jianwen say that you were dead back then, and didn't let us brothers go to Nanjing to pay homage to you? I was crying so much at that time, are you just teasing your son?"
I have to say that Zhu Di has mastered the art of speech.
First, he stabbed Emperor Jianwen in secret, implying that after Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, he did not allow the kings to go to Beijing for the funeral. Then he expressed how sad he was after hearing about his father's death, trying to make Lao Zhu feel guilty.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not accept this trick at all: "Who are you kidding? We did not allow the kings to go to Beijing for funerals. It was our own edict that we wrote. Why did we add this to the edict? Isn't it to prevent you from doing so? This ambitious traitor is rebelling!"
Zhu Di said with a blushing face: "Father, this is wrong. This Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of our Zhu family. I am your biological son. If the Zhu family rebels, how can it be called a rebellion? This must be called Fengtian Jingnan." , to save the country from disaster, I originally wanted to help Jianwen to right the country!"
"After the country is reorganized, you will succeed to the throne and become the emperor, right? It has to be you."
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and said, "The third child didn't deal with you back then, and he always targeted you in front of me, saying that you were disobedient and had the intention to usurp power and rebel. It was your elder brother who said good things for you, so we let you go. You bastard. In the end, it will be a good thing for you. You will repay kindness with hatred and kill your eldest brother and his entire family!"
Zhu Di's hair stood up and he quickly explained: "Dad, you can't blame me for this. If you want to blame it, you have to blame Jianwen. He cut off the feudal clan so hard. This is not cutting down the feudal clan. This is clearly cutting off one's life. I was forced to do nothing." That’s the opposite!”
Lao Zhu sneered: "You admit now that you are rebelling?"
Zhu Di swallowed his saliva, realized that he had said the wrong thing, and changed his words: "Dad, it's really not me who said that our brothers recognize Jianwen as our nephew, but Jianwen doesn't recognize us as uncles. If I just squat here The Shuntian Mansion is waiting for the clan-cutting knife to be swung at my head, and I'm afraid that my end will be even worse than that of my twelfth brother!"
"Dad, do you know what happened to my twelfth brother, King Zhu Bai of Xiang? He was a good boy, a man of civilized and military skills, well-educated and well-educated. He was slandered by Jianwen for a series of crimes such as conspiracy, counterfeiting of treasures, and murder without authorization. Force the whole family to set themselves on fire!”
"It was not enough to force King Xiang to death. Emperor Jianwen also gave him the evil posthumous title of 'King of Xiangxi' and removed the feudal lords of King Xiang. They were all members of the Zhu family. His cruel behavior really made me Wait for the fear!"
"Dad, King Xiang is the most obedient child among our brothers. You have loved him since he was a child. Do you really only care about my eldest brother's family and treat our sons as abandoned children?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious: "Shut up! Stop talking nonsense!"
He was completely off guard by Zhu Di's sharp words!
Zhu Bai, King of Xiang, whenever this name was mentioned, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a faint pain in his heart and could not let go.
When he heard the news of King Xiang's death from Zhu Gaojie, the shock he suffered was no less than the grief caused by the sudden death of Prince Yiwen Zhu Biao.
Zhu Bai, King of Xiang, was capable of both writing and martial arts. He could use bows, swords, and swords freely, and he could also compose poems, paint, and calligraphy. What made Zhu Yuanzhang even more gratified was that this child was also very filial and had a gentle personality. While being refined, he was also young. The heroism and loyalty.
As a result, such an innocent and romantic child died.
He was forced to death by Emperor Jianwen!
This feeling is like the person you trust the most. When you give your back to the other person, the other person picks up the knife and stabs your back without hesitation, piercing the heart and the body of the knife. Smeared with burning poison, eroding the blood...
pain!
It hurts so much!
Zhu Di saw Lao Zhu break the defense and quickly fanned the flames: "Dad, it's really not me who said that Emperor Jianwen beheaded five vassal kings in the 12 months after he ascended the throne. Four were abolished and one died. Who can cut down vassals so ruthlessly? Preserving wealth, but not preserving identity, not only confiscating the house is not enough, but also demoting him to a commoner. Demoting him to a commoner is not enough, but also imprisoning him. Could it be that in your heart, the lives of our sons together are not as good as that of your grandson Jianwen? ?”
"I know that your favorite is my eldest brother, but it doesn't mean that you don't care about any of my eldest brother's remaining sons, right? Besides, Jianwen is not my eldest brother's eldest son."
Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth angrily, but suddenly lost his temper again.
Yes, Zhu Di's rise to power is a good thing for everyone except Zhu Yunwen.
A generation of heroes, good at conquering and fighting, and good at governing the country, and he also had a son like Zhu Gaojie as his heir. The most important thing is that after Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, other vassal kings in the Hongwu Dynasty could die a good death and live in peace as long as they did not commit suicide.
If Zhu Di had not rebelled, or had failed to rebel successfully, how many of the vassal kings in the Hongwu Dynasty would have survived?
Emperor Jianwen was very aggressive in cutting down the vassal vassal. Within five years, all Zhu Yuanzhang's sons had to go down to accompany him.
When Zhu Di came to power, although he was still cutting down the vassals, he at least preserved the wealth and status of the vassal kings, so that the descendants of these vassal kings could live a prosperous life for generations to come.
Lao Zhu loves Zhu Yunwen because Zhu Yunwen is Zhu Biao's son, so he loves the house as much as the bird. Lao Zhu liked Zhu Biao because Zhu Biao was his appointed successor. He was capable and capable, and could control all his ministers and vassals, leading the Ming Dynasty to continue to prosper.
But in Zhu Di's hands, didn't the Ming Dynasty also prosper?
After all, Zhu Biao died too early. No one knows what his situation will be like after he becomes emperor. It may be better, but it may not be as good as imagined. However, Zhu Di's achievements were real. During his reign, he compiled the Yongle Canon, moved the capital to Shuntian, personally conquered Mobei, expanded the territory, and created a prosperous age unique to the Ming Dynasty!
Does it mean that if Zhu Biao is alive, he must be better than Zhu Di?
No one knows, not even Zhu Yuanzhang himself is sure.
Lao Zhu looked at each other with complicated eyes. There was hatred for Zhu Di's usurpation of power and rebellion, the kindness of an old father looking at his son, but also relief and pride... He really loved and hated Zhu Di.
"So, Dad, how did you survive?"
Zhu Di asked in confusion, "Why are you still possessed by my fourth child?"
It's really embarrassing that his biological father has become his son.
"Our little grandson gave me a dream, saying that his father always bullies him and asked us to help him teach you a lesson."
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "Let's come over and take a look. Sure enough, you, a traitor, bully our little grandson every day. I'm warning you, if you dare to bully our little grandson again, I'll give you a crooked head!"
Compared with Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang liked Zhu Gaojie, his grandson, more and more.
Whether it was the emperor's mental skills or his martial arts skills, this little grandson was thousands of times better than Zhu Yunxuan. Even Zhu Yuanzhang's favorite prince, Zhu Biao, seemed to pale in front of Zhu Gaojie.
What's more, as a personality in the world of his mind, Zhu Yuanzhang knows one thing very well.
——Zhu Gaojie can ask for foreign aid!
Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao, Human Tu Bai Qi, Soldier Immortal Han Xin... any of them are outstanding figures in the world, not to mention so many outstanding figures gathered together, it is difficult to think of not being an emperor for the ages!
Another point is...
Zhu Gaojie's personality is similar to that of his father, but his appearance is similar to that of his mother, and his appearance is slightly similar to his grandfather Xu Da.
Zhongshan King Xu Da is Zhu Yuanzhang's closest friend and most capable subordinate. Looking at Zhu Gaojie, Lao Zhu always feels an inexplicable sense of familiarity in his heart.
This is a good kid.
He will also become a good emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Di fiercely: "We are watching every move you make. If you dare to embarrass our little grandson again, huh."
"Let's see if you can fight, or we can fight!"
"Don't forget, your land of Longxing, Beijing, was conquered by us and your Uncle Xu and his old brothers!"
