In the fifty-eighth year of Chenghua, the queen and the crown prince passed away one after another.
The death of the queen made Zhu Jianshen very sad. Long's body was ailing and he was on the verge of death at the most critical moment. However, after the death of the crown prince, Zhu Jianshen knew that if he died after the crown prince, there would be a disaster in the Ming Dynasty. major crisis.
Because he connived in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty to cultivate a person who could subvert the imperial power.
If he himself died, the emperor's grandson would not be able to shock Zhu Youhuang. Although Zhu Jianshen did not think that Zhu Youhuang could successfully raise his troops from Annan, fight from the south to the north, win victory, and complete the feats of Emperor Taizu Gao, but the war would not last forever. Open, everything going on in the Ming Dynasty will stop, overseas plunder will stop, immigration to the New World will also end, and even the prosperous age will be turned into Xuanzong's Tianbao.
With this idea, Zhu Jianshen knew that he must not die.
As a father, he believed in Zhu Youhuang, but he was also an emperor who had been in power for fifty-eight years. As an emperor, he believed in no one.
His strong desire to survive prompted him to survive.
The emperor's grandson was once again identified by His Majesty the Emperor, and the heir to this huge empire was once again confirmed.
Although Zhu Jianshen's body and bones were not as strong as before, he could still feel that he could live for a few more years.
The reason why Zhu Jianshen indulged Zhu Youhuang was because he discovered Zhu Youhuang's talent in leading troops in war. It may be because he had fought in the jungle as a teenager and knew the geography of the peninsula well. Over the years, he had won every battle and the inherent territory of Annan Province After being stabilized, the Bagan dynasty of Burma was destroyed successively, as well as many powerful forces such as Babai, Cheche, Laos, Dakula, Demasa, and Dewuala. On the peninsula, no one has called Zhu Youhuang for a long time. The title of king is given, and everyone is called the king.
The complicated ethnic situation on the peninsula requires a strong person to master it.
It was very sensitive to summon Zhu Youhuang to Beijing to talk about the relationship between father and son. It can be said that no one except the real emperor would dare to make this order.
Because Zhu Youhuang's power is too huge, he may be forced to rebel. No one except Zhu Jianshen can shoulder this historical responsibility.
When Zhu Youhuang's decree arrived in Jiaozhou City, the situation became complicated and confusing.
All those in power are waiting for Zhu Youhuang's final decision.
Whether to obey the order and return to the capital, or to pretend to be ill and not return, the two different results represent two different attitudes, and his two different attitudes also represent the changes in Ming Dynasty's southwest policy.
Zhu Youluang had five sons. Except for the eldest son who did not like military affairs, the other four sons were also experienced in the battlefield. Each of them led an army and was stationed in Burma.
After receiving the order, two days later, Zhu Youhuang still announced to the outside world that he would return to the capital. Everyone in the palace was trying to dissuade him. His four sons stationed outside also wrote letters to advise their father, but Zhu Youhuang was determined and no one could persuade him. .
As for these princes, they settled for the next best thing, not wanting their eldest brother to follow his father to the capital. Jiaozhou needed a backbone, but Zhu Youhui refused.
The prince Zhu Houhuang was twenty-eight years old. Although he did not stop fighting, he was still dispatching troops in Jiaozhou City.
Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second.
None of Zhu Youluo's other four sons who led troops in the war were convinced. Only Wang Shizi, their eldest brother, could intimidate them.
After so many years, Zhu Youhuang is no longer the young boy he once was.
After he got the decree, there was an uproar in his heart. He wanted to return to the capital to see his old father and mother. If he had the chance, he could also go to the tomb of the late emperor and the emperor to worship, but he also I also knew in my heart that I had to be prepared to give up Annan's great achievements when I returned.
He also knew that his father would not let him leave Beijing easily this time. In this case, he had to show his piety and cultivate himself for more than ten years, and he was often praised by Zhu Jianshen. superior.
The emperor's grandson is not the emperor's eldest grandson, but Zhu Houhuang is the emperor's eldest grandson. However, he was not born in the capital, but he has been to the capital twice. Apart from the emperor's grandson, among so many emperors' grandsons, only Zhu Houhuang can do it. Zhu Jianshen took a closer look.
I took them there because I wanted to impress the emperor's father with my family affection. On the other hand, I also wanted to tell the emperor that I have no second thoughts. If I can't go back, neither will the prince. There is no helmsman on the peninsula. People, the Duke of Guizhou, and several brother vassal kings are unable to fight against my four sons. They have both soft methods and other scheming.
Two months later, he took his eldest son, the now twenty-eight-year-old prince Zhu Houhuang, and his grandson, the five-year-old Zhu Zai, into Beijing, where he had been away for thirty years.
In the Qianqing Palace, which he was familiar with but unfamiliar to, Zhu Youhuang met his father.
The last time he saw his father was more than ten years ago, when he was ordered to return to the capital to receive an award. At that time, his father was just fifty years old and had no black hair. At that time, the person standing next to his father was He is still his sixth younger brother with considerable skills, but at this time, his father has gray hair on his head, has lost a lot of weight, and his energy is not as good as before. The most important thing is that the person standing next to his father has changed. He became his nephew, the former crown prince and now the crown prince.
After Zhu Youhuang, the crown prince, Zhu Houhuang saluted, Zhu Youhuang reported Annan's current situation as a routine. Zhu Jianshen kept listening and asked from time to time. At this time, the relationship between emperor and minister was still there.
After finishing the official chat, Zhu Jianshen glanced at the emperor's grandson.
The emperor's grandson understood his intention and took Zhu Houhuang out of Qianqing Palace under the pretext.
When only Zhu Jianshen and his son were left in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jianshen said, "Father, do you think you won't come back?"
"The father asked the child to come back, how dare the child disobey the will." Zhu Youhuang said softly.
"Come back, come back. It's great that our father and son can see each other for the last time. You don't know, my father almost died a few days ago..." Zhu Jianshen said softly.
At this time, Zhu Jianshen was like a loving father, his eyes full of love and affection for Zhu Youfu, but Zhu Youfu felt a little distressed when he saw his father's appearance.
"My father is blessed with great blessings and will be safe and sound..."
But Zhu Youlang didn't know that a father who had been the emperor for decades did not need his son to feel sorry for him.
Zhu Jianshen's tender moment was at that moment.
"By the way, some time ago, the queen and the prince died of illness one after another. When I was in poor health, did you have any other thoughts?"
After hearing these words, Zhu Youhuang raised his head and looked, where was the affectionate father...
"The child will never dare to think otherwise?"
"Yes, it's human nature, but being able to restrain it is the hardest thing to do. If you really raised an army at that time, our father and son would become the sinners of the Ming Dynasty..."
"My child dare not..."
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