However, Zhu Yunwen's team is basically composed of civil servants and has no reliable generals. This will definitely not be enough.
So Zhu Yunwen found his close cousin Li Jinglong and roped him in.
However, these people had limited abilities. They planned for a while and used a lot of imagination, but they did not come up with a feasible plan.
What's more serious is that after Li Jinglong participated for a while, he suddenly turned against him. Not only did he not help, he also reported Zhu Yunwen backhand and exposed the conspiracy.
When Zhu Yunwen learned this, he was greatly alarmed.
There were different opinions about this incident later, and official Xiao Zhu himself was quite puzzled. Guo Kang also suspected that Zhu Biao did not take this seriously at first, and may not have planned to deal with it online. Because even Guo Kang himself felt that this matter was basically a farce when he later heard Zhu Yunwen describe his "plan"...
But that night, something happened.
Zhu Yunwen's fourth uncle, King of Yan Zhu Di, happened to return to Nanjing at that time to report to his eldest brother Zhu Biao. The two chatted for a long time, and Zhu Biao hosted a banquet for him in the palace and did not go back until evening.
Zhu Di's entourage, as well as the guards and ceremonial guards sent by Zhu Biao, came out of the palace in a mighty manner and were seen by Zhu Yunwen's men. Seeing a large group of people in the palace coming towards them, everyone immediately went to report to Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen and others were frightened to begin with, but when they heard the news, they were frightened out of their wits. Zhu Yunwen immediately decided that he could no longer stay in Nanjing and ran away quickly!
The only good thing is that Zhu Yunwen's running skills are still very high. He urgently packed some soft goods, took his family and cronies with him, set a fire in the palace, and while everyone was in chaos, he escaped from the city along a secret passage said to be left from Zhu Yuanzhang's time.
The sea was the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and there was no place to hide, so Zhu Yunwen simply decided to go to sea. Through his grandfather's connections back then, he contacted several Jiangnan wealthy families who fled to Southeast Asia at that time, and with their help, he fled to Java to seek refuge.
However, Zhu Yunwen's life in Nanyang was not very satisfactory. He had never had a good relationship with Javanese Yuan, and he was worried that someone would come to catch him, so he continued to flee westward. The Javanese merchants did not force him to stay, and introduced him to the West, and finally he came to Dadu where he had trade exchanges.
The Purple Horde Khanate was very surprised by his arrival, thinking that he was an honored guest and needed to be greeted with appropriate etiquette. The ministers thought that this was a visitor from Seris, and they should let the princes of the Han Dynasty get close to him. However, the Han princes also felt that their cultural level was not adequate and they felt guilty.
Finally, everyone specially invited Guo Daxia’s father-in-law, Mr. Huang, to host the reception.
Mr. Huang held a banquet to welcome Zhu Yunwen and his entourage. At the banquet, Zhu Yunwen drank too much and poured out his bitter drink.
He said that he was expelled as the eldest son and could not inherit the country because his mother had not yet become his wife when he was born. This is the same situation as that of the wise man Song Weizi. And Zhu Yunxi is obviously the role of King Zhou.
However, Zhu Yunwen said that his team is full of talents. Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, who fled with him, were both loyal ministers like Bigan. Sooner or later, they can still accomplish great things.
He said that the Purple Horde Khanate was in the western border and should treat him with the same sympathy as King Wen of Zhou and Weizi of Song. As long as the matter is accomplished, Baisai Khan will be appointed as the Marquis of Xibo, and he will forever guard the western boundary of the Ming Dynasty.
Mr. Huang dealt with him. After the banquet was over, he reported to the Khan's Court that this man seemed unreliable and his words were unreasonable, but his identity was too sensitive and he was a hot potato. It was recommended not to keep him or capture him, but to send him away immediately. To avoid getting into trouble.
At that time, France had an alliance with the Purple Horde and the relationship was not bad, so Bansai Khan decided to send him to France.
Zhu Yunwen said that he could try there, but it would be a bumpy road and it would be difficult. He hoped to place his family in a safe place here.
Zi Zhang could not refuse, so he took in Princess Ma, the Crown Prince Zhu Wenkui, and some of his entourage. Zhu Yunwen had no worries for the time being, but he was relieved. He took Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and other core team members, escorted by Zi Zhang, to cross the sea to visit France.
Paisai Khan wrote a very warm letter of introduction and sent Prime Minister Wang Wentong and Minister of Rites John Palaiologo to deliver it personally. This group of people caused a sensation in France.
At that time, Western Europe had a fascination with the East - until the 17th century, a person pretending to be a "Chinese princess" could deceive French nobles, not to mention that he was the real royal family testified by Rome.
Soon, the whole of Paris knew that the crown prince of Seris had arrived.
The citizens are now preparing to drive the king away again under the call of the guild. But because the news was too big, everyone ran to see Prince Seris, causing the uprising to be postponed.
At this time, the king of France was the "lovely" Charles VI. This man was mentally ill in the physical sense, and his condition was much more serious than that of Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty. Therefore, national affairs were actually governed by the king's uncle Philip, Duke of Burgundy, and his brother Louis, Duke of Orleans, and others.
Zhu Yunwen claimed that his grandfather was the "restorer of the world" and the Hongwu Emperor who defeated all the Mongols. As for himself, he has a strong claim to the Seris Min Empire and has something big in store for him. Everyone in France just needs a lot of help. As long as things are done, everyone will have high-ranking officials to do the job.
Upon hearing his promise, the ruling committee warmly welcomed Zhu Yunwen, and nobles came from their fiefs one after another just to meet him. Zhu Yunwen was very proud and began to contact high-level officials of the French royal family to accumulate his own power.
But at this time, France was not monolithic. On the contrary, after the death of the promising old king, the nobles had begun to split due to Charles VI's mental illness.
Queen Isabella and the Duke of Orleans and others were hostile to the Duke of Burgundy and wanted to squeeze him out, and the other party seemed to think so too. Therefore, the queen and others rushed to win over Zhu Yunwen, hoping that he would help provide a solution.
The Duke of Burgundy is the fourth uncle of the current King of France. He was granted a foreign vassal status by the late king, and now he wants to interfere in national affairs. When Zhu Yunwen saw this, he thought of his fourth uncle who was suspected of arresting him. Filled with righteous indignation, he decided to uphold justice and help the king and queen regain their power.
Although he has little experience in the European political situation, his team is very good. He immediately said that he could help and introduced the key people accompanying him:
——Mr. Qitai, who passed the provincial examination and was awarded the title by Emperor Hongwu himself;
——Mr. Huang Zicheng, ranked first in the test, and tested the flowers in the palace. He was roughly the third most educated scholar in the world at that time, and he was also a heavyweight.
With the assistance of heavyweight members, Zhu Yunwen analyzed the situation in France and quickly came to the conclusion that France has very good natural conditions and is naturally equipped for hegemony. Today, the reason why there are constant internal and external troubles is that the monarch is weak and the power of the court is declining. If this situation can be reversed, it will be just around the corner to become the real Western Rome.
But now, the vassals headed by Uncle Bo are relying on the military power of their fiefdoms to compete with the royal family. This is also the root of the factional struggle within the imperial court. If you want to solve the queen's problem, you have to find a way to treat the root cause.
Therefore, for the present plan, the strategy to promote law is to reduce the feudal vassals.
The Queen, the Duke of Orleans and others did not know whether they understood. Zhu Yunwen sent Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others to take turns lobbying, and they were moved by what they said.
Finally, the queen decided that in order to stabilize her alliance with Zhu Yunwen, she would marry her daughter to him with the help of King Wu's government in exile.
Zhu Yunwen was very happy. He felt that he had finally won a supporter with some territory, expressed his acceptance, and then began to plan for the reduction of the vassal.
