For the wealthy families, the prince's merciless treatment of the Confucian scholars made them very dissatisfied.
You, Zhu Gaojie, are still just the prince, yet you dare to treat the scholars and scholars in the world like this. Then when you really ascend the throne and become emperor in the future, will we people still have a way to survive?
Therefore, in order to defend their own interests and ensure that their status is not shaken, the wealthy families secretly began to communicate with each other, hoping to take advantage of the good opportunity of the Tatar invasion to show off the prince who started his career in the army. .
As for Zhu Gaoxu, the former King of Han, his ideas are much more extreme.
"snort!"
With a heavy snort, Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair boldly, his face full of anger.
"My fourth brother is really a master of planning!"
"Exile me to this inhospitable place, let me fight with the Tatars to death, and guard the border for the Ming Dynasty. It would be better for him himself, while his direct army will watch and recuperate."
"Now you still want me to fight the Tatars!"
"You really think I'm a fool!"
As Zhu Gaoxu spoke, he couldn't hold himself back and slapped the table heavily.
"He doesn't want to bear the crime of killing his brother, so he just wants me to wait for death slowly in this bitter cold place, right?"
"I will never give in!"
None of the generals dressed in military uniforms dared to speak.
Today's Zhu Gaoxu is no longer the powerful Han king who commanded strong troops and horses. He is now just a sinner who failed in his rebellion, was lucky enough to be spared by the court, and was exiled to the northwest border in despair.
Even these generals are just a bunch of old subordinates who were lucky enough to survive. When it comes to their abilities, that's all...
"Your Majesty," a general couldn't help but said:
"Although the Ming Dynasty has sent such a decree, we are no longer ministers of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to fight against the Tatars and consume our own strength..."
Although Zhu Gaoxu had been stripped of his royal title and title and became a commoner because of his rebellion, his old subordinates still called him king as before.
Another person also spoke to persuade:
"Yes, Your Majesty, we have worked hard to regain some strength, but he wants us to fight against the Tatars. This prince clearly has bad intentions and is sinister!"
"Don't I know?"
Zhu Gaoxu slammed the table again and shouted angrily:
"The fourth child just wants me to die!"
"He is a very thoughtful person, full of bad ideas. He likes to use this kind of conspiracy to harm me all day long!"
"Hmph! Sooner or later, I want him to know what it means to be a true emperor!"
Several of his subordinates immediately lowered their heads and said nothing. "My lord, you should be more awake. You have been made to look like this by others, and you have been clamoring all day long to fight back to the capital..."
Besides, other princes also made their fortunes in the army in a dignified way. Both Korea and Japan were destroyed by him. There are even 200,000 trusted troops stationed in the Northeast. We have two or three kittens now, who can’t even carry other people’s shoes. If you don’t deserve it, just stop yelling about it.
When we first started the rebellion, we couldn't defeat the Crown Prince...
Seeing that the atmosphere in the room seemed a bit strange, Zhu Gaoxu's face suddenly sank. He was not a fool, and he naturally knew what his subordinates were thinking. However, the situation was stronger than the people. He was sent to such a remote and desolate place, and he didn't have much. The strength can be said that the former generals and counselors were killed and injured in that conspiracy. In the end, they were hacked a lot by Lao Si.
Now, this group of people is barely the only one who can hang around.
"Mr. Zhang, what do you think of this matter?"
Zhu Gaoxu turned his attention to the only person in the room who could be called his own counselor, a scholar named Zhang.
When this person saw Zhu Gaoxu asking, he secretly smiled bitterly.
how
treat?
Now that the prince, with his mighty power, is overwhelming him openly, what can he, the defeated generals who are still carrying the name of rebellion, do?
After all, my king was suppressed and exiled because of his rebellion...
In addition, we were in such a bitter cold place, with a shortage of major generals, no food and clothing, and if we had not been able to obtain food and grass through some secret channels, it would be hard to say whether people like myself would have survived!
However, now might be an opportunity...
Thinking of this, he pondered for a while, and then slowly said:
"Your Majesty, since the imperial court has clearly issued an edict, it means there must be something unusual going on in the north."
"The prince most likely has the idea of letting those of us serve as the king's vanguard and be consumed to death. After all, we are quite weak now. If we meet the Tatars head-on, we will definitely be dead if we fight."
Zhu Gaoxu snorted coldly when he heard this, and his face became very ugly.
Although he claims to be good at fighting, he also knows how powerful the Tatars are in the north. What's more, since he was exiled to this ghost place, he has fought more than ten battles with Tatar soldiers, even if it is a small army. They also suffered serious losses.
Therefore, when he heard what his counselor said, in addition to being angry, he was also a little panicked.
The fourth child has the idea of killing people with a borrowed knife and eradicating the roots!
Damn it, you know he doesn’t talk about brotherhood at all!
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu never thought that he himself was the first to rebel...
"Then tell me what to do!"
The counselor surnamed Zhang was not in a hurry. He stroked his beard and expressed his thoughts with a smile:
"Your Majesty, why don't you think about it and join forces with the Tatars?"
boom!
These words were like thunder, directly scattering all kinds of distracting thoughts in Zhu Gaoxu's mind!
He stared blankly at the counselor under his command, with an inexplicable look flashing in his eyes. After a long time, he said hoarsely:
"You mean, let me collude with the Tatars?"
The other generals looked at each other a few times, and their expressions became strange.
Although the Tatars are a serious concern of the Ming Dynasty, they are a northern alien race that burns, kills, and plunders, but now we seem to have nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty...
It seems that it is not impossible to join forces with the Tatars...
The counselor surnamed Zhang looked at Zhu Gaoxu and found that in just a short moment, his king's face had changed several times, and he suddenly thought of the letter from home he had just received a few days ago.
As a civil servant of the Han Dynasty who was implicated in the rebellion, he had already been abandoned by his family at this time, and it was almost impossible to get support from the family. However, the letter he received a few days ago vaguely revealed something else. , if we can give it time...
Thinking of this, he said without hesitation:
"My lord, if you want to regain the throne, you must unite with the Tatars!"
