While Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhao Changge were chatting, Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao also got together.
"Your Highness, you are upset." Yao Guangxiao and Zhu Di were playing chess together. Judging from Zhu Di's moves, it was obvious that Zhu Di was not up to par today.
Zhu Di picked up the sunspot and wanted to place it but found that he had no place to place it. No matter where he landed, it seemed to be destined to fail. Zhu Di couldn't help but feel irritable.
He threw away the chess piece in his hand, then took a deep breath and stood up and walked around a few times.
"Master, what do you think my father will do to me? I have known that my father is strict since I was a child. The Ming Dynasty is the thing that my father cares about most. Even if I am his son, if I have the intention to rebel, I am afraid that it will already be in my father's heart. He’s already disappointed in me.”
Yao Guangxiao smiled and turned the prayer beads in his hand: "Your Highness, why should you worry? Tiger poison does not eat its seeds. His Majesty did not attack you when he was in Peiping, and he will not attack you now. Zhu Yunwen would not dare to attack you while His Majesty is here. If you do it, His Highness should be happy now, at least he no longer has to worry about his life."
Zhu Di sat back on the chair with a wry smile, looked up at the house and said, "Yes, I started a rebellion because I was forced to do nothing. I just wanted to survive. But now I don't have to worry about my life, but I feel that my life is... My heart is empty, old monk, what do you think is wrong with me?"
"Because His Highness is reluctant to let go of his ambition." Yao Guangxiao raised his head and stared at Zhu Di closely as he replied.
Zhu Di was shocked: "Ambition? No, I have never been greedy for that position. The king of the Ming Dynasty belongs to whomever he wants to give it to. As my son, how dare I covet it."
Yao Guangxiao smiled silently, stroking his snow-white beard and said: "Does Your Highness really think so? Among the many princes, except for Prince Zhu Biao, has anyone served His Highness? After the death of Prince Yiwen , His Highness has longed for the throne, but it is a pity that His Majesty did not have His Majesty in his eyes at that time. If His Majesty was not unwilling, he would really be deceiving himself. The reason why you feel empty in your heart now is because you know that you could have been an emperor in the future. But with His Majesty coming from Hongwu in the fifteenth year, all this has changed. His Majesty feels that the throne is getting further and further away from you, so he feels lost."
"How is it possible? Everything I did was just for survival. How could I have thoughts about the throne? Old monk, please stop talking nonsense." Zhu Di had never faced his heart so directly, and was suddenly Even Zhu Di himself did not dare to face it honestly when he spoke his true feelings.
Yao Guangxiao shook his head gently: "It is easy for Your Highness to deceive me, but can you deceive yourself? In fact, I feel that your Highness is not without a chance now. Although His Majesty hates your rebellion, what Emperor Jianwen did is also I have touched His Majesty's objection. Besides, Your Majesty should know very well that Emperor Jianwen cannot suppress you, Your Highness. As long as Emperor Jianwen is still afraid of Your Highness, sooner or later the two of you will have a conflict. This is obviously something Emperor Taizu doesn't want. Things I saw.”
When Zhu Di heard Yao Guangxiao say that he still had a chance, his breathing paused subconsciously. But then he mocked himself and said: "It's impossible. In my father's heart, there will always be only my eldest brother. Even if my eldest brother dies, my father will only value my eldest brother's blood. Even if Zhu Yunwen does something wrong, my father will still do it." Forgiveness is not like us, once we violate Father’s bottom line, it is an unforgivable sin.”
If you say that Zhu Di did not have some illusions about the throne, it is definitely a lie. It is impossible for an individual to be indifferent to power. Even before Zhu Biao died, Zhu Di had longing for the throne, otherwise he would not keep Yao Guangxiao. Be around.
Are you saying it's simply because you cherish your talent?
Please, Zhu Di is not a fool. Although Yao Guangxiao is talented, he is obviously a time bomb. If such a person keeps him by his side just because of his talent, Zhu Di cannot possibly not know how much risk he is taking.
It's just that although Zhu Di once had a vision, he didn't dare to show it because Zhu Biao was still there.
Zhu Yuanzhang did one thing very right, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang set an example for Zhu Biao since he was a child. In order to avoid future murders in the royal family due to the throne, he determined Zhu Biao's absolute status from the moment Zhu Biao was born, and then As Zhu Biao grew up, Zhu Yuanzhang showed his preference for Zhu Biao without any concealment. This move also told all the princes that I just like the prince, and others should not compete with the prince for his favor. With such a preference, the court The ministers in the palace also understood Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, and naturally they would not invest in other princes. This also eliminated the risk of heirloom among princes from the source.
What a pity, Zhu Yuanzhang thought well and did well. Zhu Biao did not live up to Zhu Yuanzhang's expectations. His position as prince was as secure as Mount Tai.
These younger brothers respected Zhu Biao very much. No one was dissatisfied with Zhu Biao's position as prince, and no one dared to question Zhu Biao's position as prince.
Externally, Zhu Biao's level of performance convinced the civil and military ministers that there would be no problem if the country was in Zhu Biao's hands. He was able to use his own ability to convince these veterans who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world. Zhu Biao's talent was definitely one of the best. of.
Everything was going in the direction Zhu Yuanzhang expected, but God just played a joke on Zhu Yuanzhang. Not only did he lose his beloved grandson and his dearest wife, but in his later years, he also lost the prince he had trained with his own hands. He left.
Zhu Biao's death can be said to have disrupted all Zhu Yuanzhang's plans. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer had the energy to cultivate a successor. He could only quickly choose one of his descendants and use his remaining Time paves the way for him, and this person is Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen's ascension made many people, both the prince and the civil and military ministers, dissatisfied. However, due to Zhu Yuanzhang's majesty, no one dared to resist. Do you think Zhu Di had no illusions about the throne after the death of the prince? That's absolutely impossible.
Zhu Yunwen was appointed as the grandson of the emperor, firstly because of his preference for the prince Zhu Biao, and secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang also thought carefully because Zhu Yunwen showed filial piety and kindness in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, which made Zhu Yuanzhang mistakenly think that Zhu Yunwen would become a benevolent king in the future. After all, the remaining Among the princes, some were either unfit for the big task, or they were obviously martial people like King Zhu Di of Yan. If Zhu Di came to power, the Ming Dynasty would definitely not be able to recuperate properly. On this point, Zhu Yuanzhang was actually not wrong about Zhu Di.
But he didn't expect that Zhu Yunwen would be so devoid of his own opinions.
Zhu Di has always had ambitions, but he didn't dare to express them when Zhu Yuanzhang was alive. Now he knows that he will become the emperor in the future, but because of Zhu Yuanzhang's sudden appearance, Zhu Di's fighting spirit was extinguished a lot, because Zhu Di knew very well that Zhu Yuanzhang was interested in Zhu Biao's preference has even continued to the next generation.
