I asked him with a puzzled look on his face, what kind of retribution?
Xie Chuanyin still did not answer my question directly, but asked me instead, do you know who will become emperor after Zhu Chongba's death?
Let me tell you, his grandson Zhu Yunwen is known to everyone who has studied history.
He asked again, why was he his grandson and not his son?
I said that if the prince dies early, the eldest grandson will be appointed as the grandson of the emperor and he will directly succeed to the throne.
He asked, what next?
Let me tell you, he only worked for four years before his fourth uncle forced him to death. Oh, and even forced Zhu Yunwen to build a hundred-mile corpse monument.
When he heard the words Baili Corpse Monument, it was obviously different from before, and his voice changed. He hurriedly asked me, have you encountered Baili Corpse Monument? It seems that the legend is true, and the craftsmanship of Baili Corpse Monument is really there. Luo Chaoting, you idiot, you guessed it right again!
I don't know how much bet they made, but as far as I can tell, my grandfather won relatively more.
After he sighed with emotion, he said to me again, do you know why Zhu Chong's Badi eldest son died early?
I said, how did I know this? Anyway, the book said that he was in poor health, so he died early.
Xie Chuanyin asked, could it be that Zhu Di's eldest son was also in poor health?
I didn't understand what he meant. Why did it involve Zhu Di's son again? Wasn't he killed by Baili Corpse Monument? He died just because he had the idea of moving south to Kyoto?
Xie Chuanyin asked, could it be that all the emperors after the Ming Dynasty were in poor health?
I asked, what do you mean?
He said, except for Zhu Chongba, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, what was the average lifespan of other emperors?
I really hadn't noticed this. After hearing what he said, I began to silently recall and calculate in my heart. Except for Zhu Yuanzhang who lived to be 71 years old, most of the others died in their thirties or forties. If we really calculate the average , almost forty years old.
There is nothing strange about this number. In that era, the average life span was about the same, so it was not unusual to die around the age of forty.
Xie Chuanyin did not agree with my analysis, but asked me directly, do you think in today's society, rich people live longer, or people without money live longer?
I tell you, they must be rich people. After all, as long as you have money, you can get the best medical treatment, even if you want to die.
After saying that, I knew what Xie Chuanyin meant. What he meant was that the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, as noble as the Ninth Five-Year Plan, would definitely get the best medical treatment at that time. Whether it was medicinal materials or medical skills, they were absolutely the best at that time. The most advanced.
That being the case, it stands to reason that their average life span should be higher than the average at that time. But apparently, the opposite is true.
I thought about it and said, maybe they were too tired to be emperors, so they died early.
Xie Chuanyin said, do you know that the average life span of emperors in the Tang, Song and Qing dynasties was long?
I shook my head and said, this calculation is too large, I will definitely not be able to calculate it in a while.
He said, you don’t need to do the math. Your grandfather did it a long time ago. The average life span of emperors in the Tang and Song dynasties was 46 years old, and the average life span of the Qing Dynasty was 52 years old. They were all emperors. Didn’t the emperors of these three dynasties get tired?
I really can’t answer this. After all, after the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the average life span of emperors was longer than the average life expectancy. It can still be explained. After all, it can be regarded as following the historical trend. However, the average life span of the emperors of the Tang and Song dynasties was longer than that of the Ming Dynasty emperors, which is open to question.
Xie Chuanyin continued to say that although the historical records are ambiguous, one thing can be seen from these history books, that is, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty basically died abnormally.
When I heard this, my memory about the history of the Ming Dynasty was instantly mobilized. Except for the old Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen died tragically, Zhu Gaochi died a few months after he succeeded to the throne, Zhu Zhanji's death was strange, Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Qi Zhen went through ups and downs, and finally died in a daze...
After all this calculation, it seems that this is really the case!
I immediately opened my eyes wide and asked Xie Chuanyin, so, is this what you call retribution? Even future generations will not live long and will not die well?
Xie Chuanyin said, I didn’t tell you, it’s all your own guess.
This old fox speaks impeccably, but he is afraid of backlash.
But even if this is the case, it has nothing to do with your fake death, right?
Xie Chuanyin said, throughout the dynasties, have you ever seen an emperor pass the throne not to his own son, but to his nephew Dimai?
I'd say, although there aren't many, there are indeed some. Especially in troubled times, it is possible to be a distant cousin, let alone an uncle or nephew.
He said angrily, "Do you think I can talk to you about troubled times?"
Well, except in troubled times, in the normal hereditary process, this basically does not exist. Let alone an uncle or nephew, it is rare for the second son to succeed to the throne.
Xie Chuanyin said, but in the Ming Dynasty, not only uncles and nephews succeeded, but also brothers succeeded. Do you know what happened?
In the Ming Dynasty, this was true. After Zhu Qizhen was arrested, his younger brother Zhu Qiyu succeeded to the throne, and then Zhu Qizhen took the throne back. After the throne was passed to Zhu Houzhao, because he had no heirs, after his death, the throne was passed to his cousin Zhu Houcong.
This absurd way of succession is unique in history. As for what happened, it was naturally because there was no one in the royal family, so we had to look for candidates to inherit the throne from the side branches...
Before I finished speaking, I was stunned. I dared to thank Chuanyin for a long time because I wanted to explain this matter.
Xie Chuanyin said that since ancient times, there have been three types of unfilial piety, and having no heirs is the greatest. Do you think as rulers, they will not pay attention to the upbringing of their heirs?
That must be important, after all, their family really has a throne that needs to be inherited.
Xie Chuanyin said, but for such a family, there is a situation where no one can inherit it. Do you think this is possible?
Indeed, from a normal perspective, it is definitely impossible. So, the reason for this situation is that Zhu Wusi was buried in this place?
But even so, what does it have to do with Xie Chuanyin and his generation's fake death? After all, their ancestors were not buried here.
Hearing this, Xie Chuanyin sighed deeply and said that everything follows a cycle of cause and effect. Although our ancestors were not buried, the initiators were our ancestors after all. Since our ancestor wanted to change his destiny against nature, God can naturally bring this evil consequence to his descendants.
It turns out that even the royal family has no way to solve this problem, and it will naturally be difficult for the Xie family to solve it.
But fortunately, the Xie family was only a participant, not a major figure, otherwise they might have been extinct long ago.
Now I finally understand why Xie Chuanyin told Xie Liushang that they were saved, because they found a way to solve this problem.
But soon, I realized something was wrong.
If they really found a solution, why are they still unable to reproduce in Xie Bugui's generation? Even if a child is born, he will not live to be three years old. Doesn't this mean that the problem is still not solved?
Xie Chuanyin said, this is the fundamental reason why we people have to fake death, but in the end I am the only one who survives to wait for you.
I asked, what do you mean? What are you waiting for me to do?
He said that only you can truly save our Xie family. And this is the real deal between me and your grandfather.
