Daming: From the end of Hongwu

In this way, Zhu Di's behavior soon spread to Nanjing.

In Nanjing City, in the mansion of the son-in-law Mei Yin, when Mei Yin heard the news, she angrily twisted the letter into a ball, and said angrily, "If you listen to me, why did this happen? With this kind of method, the great-grandson would be forced to listen to Huang Zicheng's nonsense, why did he have a thorough understanding of the etiquette rules, and if there was a thorough study, the late emperor would be buried in a hurry after only laying the coffin for seven days?"

Princess Ningguo at the side changed her expression and said: "Shen Yan, now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, don't call him Taisun again."

Mei Yin sneered: "Yeah, he was in a hurry, he was afraid that he would succeed to the throne one day later, and he said that he would have a three-year funeral, which sounds nice, and he didn't even want to deal with the late emperor's affairs, just pretending in the imperial city What kind of funeral is a funeral?"

It was not without reason that Mei Yin was so angry. Speaking of which, Zhu Yuanzhang died on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month. After discussing with Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng, Zhu Yunqi hurriedly buried Zhu Yuanzhang on the sixteenth day of the fifth month.

On the same day, that is, the emperor's throne, announced to the world, amnesty the world, and set next year as the first year of Jianwen, and under the persuasion of Huang Zicheng and others who said, "The world cannot be without a master for a day, and the superior cannot be neglected in the government for a day", crying It was decided to sit in the imperial city for a three-year mourning period.

The funeral of such a generation of emperor Zhu Yuanzhang ended in a hurry.

Compared with Zhu Yuanzhang's funeral for Zhu Biao back then, it is a world of difference.

The benevolent Zhu Yunwen, his true nature is beginning to emerge.

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t only have grandsons, he also had sons. Zhu Di originally planned to obey the will and stay in the feudal state honestly, but this was so deceiving that Zhu Di had no choice but to ask for an explanation, even if it violated Zhu Yuanzhang’s will.

Princess Ningguo was also quite dissatisfied with Zhu Yunwen's funeral for her father, but she still sighed and persuaded Mei Yin: "What can we do, the new emperor won't listen to you, what's the use of being angry, besides You said that before your father left, you specifically asked you to assist Zuo Xinhuang, even if you were a little dissatisfied, you can't ignore your father's order."

Speaking of this, Princess Ningguo paused and said: "Besides, once the emperor and the courtiers, you are the minister who cares about the fate left by the father, and you still need to consider more for the new emperor. He is so anxious, after all, is he afraid of me? The fourth brother is here."

Mayym sighed heavily.

At the same time, in the imperial city, in the Fengtian Palace.

Zhu Yunwen summoned Qitai and Huang Zicheng, and asked in a panic: "Now that the King of Yan is coming, and he is coming to Huai'an, what should I do?"

Qi Tai was born in Jieyuan of Yingtian Mansion. He is currently the left servant of the Ministry of War, but he is about to be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War. After Zhu Yunqi ascended the throne, he immediately accepted Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng to participate in the state affairs. Huang Zicheng insisted that once Zhu Yuanzhang asked him about the border generals, Qi Tai was able to give a good explanation, and then Zhu Yuanzhang asked about the border map, Qi Tai actually took out a booklet from his sleeve and summarized these atlases.

You must know that this is a spot check, not pre-prepared, so Qi Tai is highly valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, and he was called by Zhu Yuanzhang to be Gu Mingfu Zuo Zhu Yunqi before he died. From these points of view, Qi Tai can at least comment that he has something in his chest, As for whether it is just talking on paper or not.

As for Huang Zicheng, this guy was selected as an accompanying student in the East Palace early on, and all his positions were editors and writers, or he gave lectures to Zhu Yunqi, but he has Zhu Yunqi's trust, the point is that he still thinks he is very good.

One of the more famous things about the two of them is that when Zhu Yunqi wanted to cut down the vassal, Qi Taijianyan first cleaned up Zhu Di, and made a good suggestion. In the name of defending the border, he sent troops to defend Kaiping, and then Transfer all Zhu Di's guards outside the Great Wall, and wait for Zhu Di's wings to be cut off, and Zhu Di can naturally be flattened slowly.

If Zhu Yunqi had listened to Qi Tai's words, he would not know what to do, but Zhu Yunqi obviously trusted his accompanying lecturer Huang Zicheng more. Inverted.

Speaking of which, there is another important member of Zhu Yunqi's team, Fang Xiaoru, but he has not entered Beijing yet, but Fang Xiaoru needs no introduction, he is quite famous, his name is Zhou Li, and his name is Ten Clan Layman.

At this time, Qi Tai and the two listened to Zhu Yunqi's question. Before Qi Tai could speak, Huang Zicheng jumped out with a face full of confidence. Do you still remember asking your ministers about the power of the kings?"

Zhu Yunwen nodded.

He remembered that at that time, not long after he became the emperor's grandson, he felt very unconfident in the face of Yan and Jin, so he asked Huang Zicheng: "All the uncles and vassals have heavy troops. If there is a change, what should we do?"

At that time, Huang Zicheng replied very confidently: "The kings only have guards, and they can only defend themselves. If there is a change, they can be supervised by six divisions. Who can resist? The seven kingdoms of the Han Dynasty are not weak, and they perished in the end. Big or small The forces of strength and weakness are different, and the principles of pros and cons are even more different!"

The simple meaning is that if the kings dare to jump, they can be slapped to death with one slap, so there is no need to worry at all.

It is also this sentence, coupled with Huang Zicheng's influence on Zhu Yunqi later, that gave Zhu Yunqi confidence, so Huang Zicheng is also called Mr. Huang in contacts.

And in Huang Zicheng's heart, he really didn't take Zhu Di seriously, but he didn't know if Huang Zicheng forgot that there was a person named Zhou Yafu when he told Zhu Yunwen about the history of the Seven Kingdoms of the Han Dynasty, or how could he have forgotten what Zhou Yafu did? net.

Qi Tai didn't know what charade they were playing, so they remained silent.

Huang Zicheng grinned and said: "You can notify the Beijing camp in advance to make preparations, and another person will go to stop it with the late emperor's edict, angrily scolding the king of Yan for violating the late emperor's edict, so that the king of Yan can retreat in the face of difficulties."

Zhu Yunqi got a solution and was overjoyed: "Thanks to Mr. Huang, otherwise I don't know how to deal with it, so who do you think should be punished? In fact, I don't want to go to war with my fourth uncle at this time, otherwise how will the people of the world treat me, so It is best to choose a good minister to go and persuade King Yan to return to the north, so that everyone will be happy."

Huang Zicheng thought about it.

At this time Qi Tai stood up and said: "The imperial edict was issued by this minister to inform the world, so let this minister go."

Zhu Yunxuan was overjoyed again: "In this way, there will be Lao Qi's servant. If you return after success this time, I will promote you to the Minister of the Ministry of War, and I will have something to say to other courtiers."

"The humble minister will surely live up to his high expectations and return after success."

Zhu Yunxuan nodded, then said some things, and then let them go on their own errands. Qi Tai held Zhu Yuanzhang's will and took some soldiers with him, without too much delay, he went directly to Huai'an.

He was actually a little worried in his heart, worried that Zhu Di was used to fighting in the battlefield, he would not listen to dissuasion, and then cut him down without saying a word.

But after he touched the edict in his arms, the worry dissipated.

It seems that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him strength and made him feel that he is very brave now.

Qi Tai touched the Yizhao again, and looked forward with sharp eyes. He didn't believe that Zhu Di dared not listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's words!

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Chapter 230 - King Yan takes the lead, the kings make a fuss

Daning, Prince Ning's Mansion.

Since Zhu Quan entered Daning, Daning was no longer the turbulent state it was in the past. The Mongolian tribes either fled to the north, or surrendered to Ming Dynasty, and built a line of defense belonging to the Mongols. And these surrendered Mongolian tribes, Although he was defeated in the battle with the Daming Frontier Army, but after receiving some support from Daming, his combat power quickly climbed to the first level again, especially the elite cavalry of the three guards of Duoyan.

In addition, outside of Daning, there is Liao King Zhu Zhi in the east and Yan King Zhu Di in the west. Zhu Quan's life is not too beautiful.

In addition to the need to frequently mobilize soldiers to cooperate with Zhu Di, to go to the northern grasslands to sweep up crimes every day, and to fight against those stubborn Mongolian tribes, Zhu Quan's life in Daning can be said to be doing whatever he wants.

In his opinion, as long as he guards the border and keeps an eye on the Mongols, he will be able to spend his life in his fief in peace, and guarding against the Mongols, not to mention that he is a child of the royal family. Responsibility is to compare the days in the palace before, this work is not worth mentioning.

Entering Da Ning is no less than a fish jumping into the sea.

But when the news of Zhu Yuanzhang's death came, this young prince, who used to be smiling and had a wide range of hobbies, lost his smile and playfulness for a while.

Even after several days in a row, the atmosphere in the entire Prince Ning's Mansion became gloomy.

However, when he received the news that Zhu Di led his troops to Yingtian Mansion, Zhu Quan's laughter finally came from Ning Wang's Mansion, which was full of joy and praise.

"Fourth brother is so brave!"

These words startled the servant who had been by Zhu Quan's side all the time, and he secretly took a look at Zhu Quan's expression.

Unexpectedly, after Zhu Quan laughed, his whole face became gloomy again, and his eyes flickered with flickering light, as if he was thinking about something.

Zhu Quan is 21 years old this year, the same age as Zhu Yunxuan. It is not that he has never envied Zhu Yunxuan's status and treatment in the past, but he knows that his biological mother is light, and he is young among the brothers, so envy is envy, but he has never dreamed of it However, ascended to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was his father. After his father died, it was fine if he couldn't go to the funeral. At most, he was depressed and unwilling, but Zhu Yuanzhang was buried in a hurry.

Is Zhu Yunqi so impatient to become emperor?His father was so tolerant and loving to him before he was alive, wouldn't he feel guilty and heartbroken for doing this?

What a fucking grandson.

Zhu Quan felt that if he hadn't been somewhat sensible and knew that he was worthless, he would definitely have to take his soldiers and horses to Yingtian Mansion for a while, so that he could ask his elder nephew whether benevolence, righteousness and kindness were all in the past. Is it faked?His father gave him the whole world, so wouldn't he be willing to make a fuss about his father's funeral?

His father is Emperor Hongwu.

Drive out the Tartars, restore China, and establish the Ming Dynasty.

Even if an old man from an ordinary family passed away, future generations would still want to send the old man away in a grand burial, let alone a royal emperor.

The more Zhu Quan thought about it, the more angry he became, and finally his gaze was fixed, and he said in a deep voice to the servant beside him: "Go and tell me, and make a big fuss, and say that the dog thief Qi Tai tampered with the will and ignored it under the guise of false edicts." Human relations, prevent my brothers from going to Beijing for the funeral."

The valet was shocked.

"Your Highness, can you think twice, this is not a trivial matter."

Zhu Quan glanced at his servant, shook his head lightly and firmly said: "You don't understand, as a son of man, I can only help my father complain about inappropriateness, injustice and... not worth it! Let alone..."

Zhu Quan paused, and said in a deep voice again: "Between brothers, no matter who goes to Yingtian Mansion to ask for an explanation, I, Zhu Quan, should always help out, let alone our beloved fourth brother."

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For a while, the entire Ming Dynasty became lively. The kings that Zhu Yuanzhang entrusted, Zhou King of Kaifeng, King Qi of Qingzhou, King Lu of Yanzhou, King Liao of Liaodong, King Qing of Ningxia, King Su of Ganzhou... all started It got noisy.

Zhu Di took the lead, and the kings booed.

Everyone is scolding the old thief Qitai, tampering with the edict, and alienating flesh and blood. Some of them are really sad because they can't go to the funeral, some are not too big to watch the fun, and most of them are because the edict has also damaged their interests. , so that their fiefs, soldiers and civilians obeyed the restraint of the imperial court, and lost a lot of privileges.

The eyes of the world immediately focused on the court, but the eyes of the court were on Qi Tai who had already rushed to Huai'an.

Qi Tai rushed all the way, and finally stopped Zhu Di in Huai'an City.

Zhu Di was wearing white hemp mourning clothes, and a white silk around his waist fluttered in the wind. He looked at Qi Tai who was blocking the way with a gloomy face, and scolded angrily, "Qi Tai, how dare you block my king's way?!"

"It's not that I want to block the way of King Yan."

Qi Tai had no fear on his face, and calmly took out the edict from his bosom: "It was the late emperor who was blocking the way of King Yan, but I want to ask King Yan on behalf of the late emperor, why did he appear in Huai'an if he didn't stay in his own fief."

Zhu Di was immediately overwhelmed with anger, and said angrily: "You thief, how dare you use my father's name to bully me, thinking that my king's sword is not good?"

But Qi Tai still had a calm expression on his face, as if he was wearing a will, like a gold-plated body, he raised his head and laughed loudly: "The king of Yan's sword is sharp, everyone knows it, how can I, Qi Tai, not know, how can the emperor not know , Now that King Yan came here with a knife, even if he kills me Qi Tai, I, Qi Tai, will also ask, why does King Yan want to rebel?"

"Can the king of Yan give me an explanation for Qi Tai, the emperor, and the people of the world? King Yan, don't think that there are no loyal people in the world, let alone think that the swords of loyal people in the world are not good." Qi Tailang raised his head and said, like Extremely stubborn scholar who wants to be worthy of the world even if he dies, and also demands the name of loyalty.

This made Zhen Wu a little surprised. There is something about this guy. I heard that he is still the core team member of Zhu Yunqi. People, and with this lip service, it is probably not a problem to fool Zhu Yunqi.

Zhu Di just asked about the sharpness of the knife?Qi Tai not only replied that it was very beneficial, but also added that the sword of a loyal person in the world is even more profitable, which directly explained that if Zhu Di dared to ignore the edict and act recklessly, he would be designated as a traitor. It's useless to use it again, leaving Zhu Di speechless.

Zhu Gaoxu's petulant temper became so bad, he cursed and said: "You son of a bitch, I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, hurry up and get rid of me, or I will directly bring someone to kill you. "

Qi Tai cast a disdainful glance at Zhu Gaoxu, and directly blew Zhu Gaoxu up. Zhu Gaoxu's face turned ruthless, and when he was about to rush over, he was held tightly by Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head at Zhu Gaoxu, his eyes signaled Zhu Gaoxu to obey Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaoxu suppressed his anger angrily, and said to Zhu Di violently: "Father, what are you talking to him about, dare to block the way and kill him directly."

Zhu Di ignored Zhu Gaoxu, but felt that what Zhu Gaoxu said was very reasonable. He looked at Qi Tai with stern eyes, and said gloomyly: "My king will ask you again, will you give way?"

Qi Tai shook his head and said: "I also advise King Yan not to make mistakes."

Self mistake?

I missed your mother.

Zhu Di has often been in the military camp in recent years, and even led troops to attack one after another. Whenever he was free to play this trick, he immediately drew his waist knife with a groan.

Zhen Wu and the others kept looking at Zhu Di, and the moment Zhu Di pulled out the waist knife, everyone gathered their minds, and the waist knife was all unsheathed in response, and then looked fiercely at Qi Tai, ready to go.

The frontier army is good at fighting, which is really fought on the battlefield. I dare not say that everyone killed dozens or hundreds of people, but at least everyone has a life in their hands.

When they were ready to go, it was like a huge wave suddenly rolled up on the calm sea, and the whole momentum was frantic, pressing towards Qi Tai with a fearless aura.

The horse under Qi Tai screamed in fright, and couldn't help but retreated in a panic. Even Qi Tai was a little embarrassed, but Qi Tai soon stabilized the horse.

But stay steady and stay steady, Qi Tai can still feel the monstrous killing intent coming from the opposite side directly, and smell it carefully, maybe it's an illusion, Qi Tai can also feel the bloody aura.

He seemed to be able to see that the next moment, he would be trampled into flesh by the thousands of troops.

Qi Tai quickly recited in his heart, "The Master said: Those who know do not confuse, those who are benevolent do not worry, and those who are brave do not fear..." But as he recited silently, Qi Tai seemed that Confucius was not enough, so he quickly unfolded the edict to Zhu Di.

"King Yan, even if you kill me, do you think you can reach Nanjing City?"

Zhu Di sneered: "If you don't get there, I'll kill you."

As soon as his words fell, he was about to order an attack, but at this critical moment, Dao Yan, who followed Zhu Di on his horse for the first time, stopped Zhu Di.

Dao Yan shook his head at Zhu Di: "Your Highness, be calm and don't be impulsive."

Zhu Di, who was angry, couldn't calm down.

Dao Yan shouted beside him in a low voice: "Your Highness, do you really want to be desperate? Do you want to bear the name of the traitor? Even if Your Highness is not afraid, has Your Highness ever thought that if a mistake is made, hundreds of people in the Yan Palace will be killed?" What will happen to the tens of thousands of guards? What will happen to the princess, what will happen to the prince and grandson? The princess is still pregnant with a child, so does your highness still want to see her die twice?"

This series of urgent and heavy words directly smashed Zhu Di's anger down. Zhu Di quickly calmed down when he thought of Xu Miaoyun, Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Yuying, and so many people in the Yan Palace. , he turned his head to look at the sergeants beside him, followed the faces one by one, and finally stopped his eyes on Zhen Wu's face.

At this moment, there was no fear on Zhen Wu's face, as if Zhu Di had ordered him to go through fire and water without hesitation.

But Zhu Di didn't know that Zhen Wu was dying of anxiety. He didn't know if there was any record of this matter in history, but he had been in the army for so many years, and he knew that if he really wanted to attack Ying Tianfu at this moment, he could only die.

8000 people went deep into the enemy's territory without supplies. If they couldn't attack the palace immediately and killed Zhu Yunqi, then what awaited them would be death. The question is, how did such a small number of people break into the palace?There are so many people in the Beijing camp who don't eat dry food.

Even if they attacked in, this little guy couldn't stabilize the situation.

But in this situation, Zhen Wu can't stop Zhu Di. He is not a counselor by Zhu Di's side, and he is not discussing the military situation at the moment. Like fear of death.

After all, as long as they have been on the battlefield and have more than a thousand positions, no one can tell that those people are not all like Zhen Wu, pulling out their knives and waiting for Zhu Di's order.

These people are probably waiting for Monk Daoyan to make a move.

The guards all knew that this old monk didn't go out with Zhu Di before, but this time he came here at a high speed, and if it didn't work, no one would believe it.

It's just that the old monk's mentality is really good, and when he can't make a move in the nick of time, Zhen Wu almost plans to go all out and fight Jingying with his life.

After Zhu Di calmed down, he looked at Zhen Wu's expression and felt very relieved, thinking that the whole family had no two hearts, even if he planned to take everyone to die, this son-in-law did not have any intention of retreating, and he did not marry his daughter in vain. he.

It's just that I have to criticize and criticize in retrospect. My daughter-in-law is pregnant, so I'm not a little more prudent, so I should think about it for my daughter-in-law.

At this time, Dao Yan was still persuading Zhu Di: "Your Highness, now that the new emperor is on the throne, under righteousness, everyone in the world is looking at us. We have no name and no reason. When someone blocks the way and clearly expresses the intention of the new emperor , the timing is not favorable for us to wait, it is better to go back to Peiping."

"But I came here to seek an explanation for my father, how can I go back in despair." Zhu Di's voice suddenly rose, with a look of grief and indignation.

Monk Daoyan glanced at Zhu Gaochi and stepped back. The next step is not his business. He knows that Zhu Di has calmed down now, so Zhu Di is enough to make a clear judgment.

Zhu Gaochi approached knowingly and persuaded: "Father, my son also wants to ask for an explanation for the emperor's grandfather, but now the new emperor does not allow us to go there, so what can we do? We can't ignore the new emperor's order. You see, how about we Go back to Beiping first, discuss with your uncles, and then ask the new emperor for an explanation."