After suddenly hearing Chu Ze mentioning himself, Zhu Biao also sighed helplessly.
While he sighed, Lao Zhu, who was on the throne, could not help but shake his head.
Children cannot be taught... If you want to cut down the vassal, you should at least use the power of thunder to take down the strongest one first!
This Zhu Yunwen...is so embarrassing!
As Lao Zhu shook his head, he couldn't help but look at Zhu Di who was standing aside.
His eyes couldn't help but become a little complicated.
"Chu Ze! When Yun Wen cut down the feudal vassal... what were his methods?"
After taking a look at Zhu Di, Lao Zhu turned his attention to Chu Ze.
The reduction of vassal states is, to put it bluntly, a confrontation between royal power and imperial power.
From what Chu Ze said, it seemed that the methods adopted by Zhu Yunwen to reduce the vassal status were not gentle after he came to power.
After Zhu Biao heard his father mention this most important issue, he also turned his attention to Chu Ze.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang asked more implicitly, anyone with a discerning eye could hear it.
The so-called means in Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth were not about Zhu Yunwen's ability.
It's a purely literal meaning.
"Your Majesty, you are asking for something."
"Now that you have decided to enfeoff, many people in the future speculate that it is because you don't trust foreign ministers, and then you have too much of a small peasant mentality, thinking that your palms and backs are all meat. If one lineage inherits the imperial power, the remaining children will all be crowned kings. Let them not covet the throne."
"As a result, after Zhu Yunwen came to power, looking at the uncles surrounding him, he always felt that they had bad intentions, and then..."
When Chu Ze mentioned the most important point, his voice stopped immediately.
He raised his head and looked at Lao Zhu's face, and found that his face was still as normal before continuing.
"After Zhu Yunwen came to power, he formulated a plan to reduce the feudal vassal. The first person to make the move was King Zhou, your fifth son."
"In the first year of Jianwen, Zhu Youzhen, the second son of Zhu Xi and King of Runan, reported to the court that his father Zhu Xi was plotting evil. Emperor Jianwen sent people to raid Kaifeng, arrested Zhu Xi, demoted him to a commoner, and resettled him to Menghua, Yunnan. In the fourth year of Jianwen's reign, Zhu Rui was summoned to the capital Nanjing and imprisoned."
"After the King of Zhou was captured, the other one was King Zhu Wen of Qi. After Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen came to power, he deposed King Qi as a commoner and imprisoned him in the capital for four years."
"The other one is the acting king Zhu Gui, but this one is...according to history, he is impatient and has a bad temper. He goes to the streets to bully men and women. In the first year of Jianwen, he was deposed as a commoner by Emperor Jianwen."
"Then... the King of Min, Zhu Ming, was almost the same. He was also deposed as a commoner."
After Chu Ze said four words in one breath, he suddenly stopped talking.
He just silently turned his head and looked again at Yan King Zhu Di who was standing beside him.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was on the throne, listened to Chu Ze's explanation of the fate of his four sons.
His breath couldn't help but become a little disordered.
Although his face was still expressionless, the violent rise and fall of his chest was enough to show that he was not at peace inside at this time.
Four vassal kings, four deposed.
Moreover, according to what Chu Ze said, these vassal kings were only weak vassal kings.
They have all suffered the consequences of being deposed as common people, or simply imprisoned. What about the powerful feudal kings?
What will happen to them if they cut off their vassal status...
At this point, with Zhu Yuanzhang's scheming skills, he would not fail to guess the result, but this result is obviously not the result he hopes to see.
But as far as the current situation is concerned, Lao Zhu is at least relatively pleased.
Although Zhu Yunzhen's methods may be a bit tough and ruthless.
But at any rate, he could be considered as leaving behind the lives of several of his uncles.
"Your Majesty, after Emperor Jianwen came to power, he reigned for less than four years in total. It seems that he cut down five vassals in one year."
"Except for the four previous vassal kings who were notorious for their evil deeds, the fifth one he killed is your twelfth son, King Xiang Zhu Bai!"
"This one's situation is different from the previous four."
"In the historical records of later generations, it is emphatically recorded that after Your Majesty's funeral, the King of Xiang learned that his father had passed away and was extremely sad, so he had the intention of abandoning the world!"
"And the traces left by King Xiang in the history books are almost all positive. He was studious, filial, and capable of both literary and military skills."
"The most important point is that the relationship between King Xiang and the most powerful vassal king at that time, King Yan, the fourth son of your family, Zhu Di, has always been very good."
"However, the King of Xiang was clearly well-received, but the reason why he was removed from his vassal status was because he was guilty of forging treasures and committing murder without authorization."
"This is quite strange in itself, but what is even more strange is that Emperor Jianwen issued an edict and ordered Zhu Bai to go to the capital for interrogation. After a meeting and discussion, the ministers of the DPRK and China decided to send troops to hide weapons in carts filled with wood piles and Disguised as a caravan until they arrived in Jingzhou, soldiers preparing to arrest Zhu Bai unexpectedly surrounded Zhu Bai's mansion."
"If Zhu Bai is really guilty and the evidence is conclusive, then why use such means to arrest him?"
"If Zhu Bai is really guilty, he cannot stand upright. If he does not come after an explicit order is given to him to enter the capital, he will be disobedient. Wouldn't it be more justifiable to cut down the vassalage?"
"Zhu Bai also had a bit of a fierce temper when he said it. After hearing what Jianwen did, he left these words."
"I think the previous ministers often committed suicide when they encountered violent dynasties and were imprisoned. As the son of Taizu, when my father passed away, I could neither visit the patient nor attend the funeral. It is with deep regret that I have to live in this world. What fun is there! Will I be humiliated by slaves again today? How can I survive like this!"
"After saying that, he drank farewell with his family. Zhu Bai then set fire to his palace and concubines. He put on the prince's clothes, held a bow and arrow and rode a white horse, jumped into the fire and committed suicide. Everyone in the palace died because of Zhu Bai. "
"What? Old Twelve set himself on fire!"
"Are you...are you talking nonsense! How could Lao Twelve...how..."
"Chu Ze, are you kidding?"
After hearing Chu Ze slowly narrating Zhu Bai's death, both Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been silent, and Zhu Di, who was standing silently aside, couldn't help but raise their heads and look at Chu Ze in disbelief.
As Zhu Yunwen's father, Zhu Biao's face looked extremely ugly at this time.
Although the vassal kingship of the four uncles was cut off earlier, although it was excessive, at least the four of them did have problems, and their lives were also spared.
At least this doesn't hit the bottom line.
And the death of Xiang King Zhu Bai... this has obviously touched the bottom line.
However, facing the different looks of the three people, Chu Ze spread his hands and tilted his head slightly.
I put on a look that made me feel helpless, and I didn't forget to add a sentence at the end.
"After hearing that Zhu Bai burned himself, Emperor Jianwen was very angry, so... he was given the posthumous title of Ruili, childless, and the destruction of the country!"
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