Holding an ordinary script, pretending to be a god in various worlds

As an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang had a cold heart and treated his subjects as stingily and cruelly as autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves. However, when it came to treating his own children, he showed the side of an ordinary person.

For example, the next successor to the Ming Dynasty is still unclear in the eyes of the world.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao had the legitimate right to assist his father in handling government affairs and stabilizing the people's hearts, and from time to time he would stop Zhu Yuanzhang's overly hasty or brutal policies.

Everyone in the court and the country praised his benevolence!

Logically speaking, since he was in a righteous position and his personality and abilities were impeccable, Zhu Biao's position should have been set in stone.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was to blame for everything. Why did he suddenly have two super SSR-level sons that other emperors dreamed of?

After Liu Xian left, the Ming Dynasty's national strength continued to grow, which was inseparable from Zhu Yuanzhang's day and night hard work, but the fourth son of his family also made a great contribution.

Since opening the door to the new world, we know that if we don’t have something at home, we can go outside to look for it. There are vast tracts of resources in the outside world.

This does not just refer to resources such as gold, silver and other commodities; people are also a kind of resource.

Thanks to his status as a royal prince, Zhu Di always volunteered to go on sea voyages and fight in the army. For some reason, Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to everything.

The reputation of the General who Conquers the Northern Expedition is well-deserved. Although he cannot be said to have won every battle, he has rarely suffered losses.

His personal charm and extraordinary military power attracted a large number of new generation generals to follow him and laid a very solid foundation in the army.

After conquering a country, one must not only plunder the spoils of war, but also handle relationships with all parties to ensure that the Ming Dynasty can smoothly swallow up its resources.

He had to weigh the balance of arrangements and appeasement for the surrendered nobles and survivors, as well as the necessary deterrence.

Through repeated trial and error and training, what Zhu Di lacked was greatly compensated, and he learned how to compromise and use tactful means.

The resources they plundered were returned to the people. Behind every Ming citizen, there were at least five foreigners supporting and contributing to the people. You can imagine what a prosperous era this was.

Zhu Di became famous again.

With military force, political talent and fame in his hands, Prince of Yan Zhu Di was at the peak of his power, and as a prince he was comparable to the crown prince.

In this case, has the Ming Dynasty court already split into two factions and started attacking and confronting each other?

I'm sorry, because Lao Zhu's one-stop service for peeling daylily is still open, and the two brothers actually have a pretty good relationship.

Although some ministers secretly compared the two to a pair of brothers with similar situations in history, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and King of Qin Li Shimin.

But Zhu Biao was indeed kind, tolerant and generous. Even though he was extremely favored by the emperor, he treated his brothers like an elder brother.

Zhu Di was not a vicious brother who was obsessed with stepping on his brother and nephew. He just was unwilling to accept the result and refused to admit defeat.

The brothers Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin cannot be compared with the brothers of the Zhu family.

"Old Ma, who do you think I will pass the throne to?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's hair was already gray, but he looked very energetic. He held his queen's hand and sighed again and again:

"I shouldn't have given birth to so many brats!"

Empress Ma wore a bright pearl on her neck, and her hair was still black and shiny. She didn't look like an old lady. She rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Now I know I have a headache. When I was looking for a beautiful little wife, weren't you smiling happily?

You told me to have many children, but your Zhu family has many children. Look, each of them is so outstanding. "

This was a private conversation between the couple, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not have a stern face like an emperor, but acted as calm as an ordinary old couple.

After hearing what the queen said, Zhu's face turned bitter, as bitter as the bitter melon that had just been introduced.

"We have to think of a way. As long as I am still here, the two brothers won't fight. But if one day I am gone..."

Before he could finish his words, Empress Ma slapped his hand hard:

"Pah, pah, pah, you are so old and still don't know the taboos. Follow me and pah the bad luck out."

This is the rural way. If you say something bad, you should spit it out immediately so that it won't come true.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt comforted and softened like water. He really followed her and spit twice, and couldn't help but whispered:

"Old Four is very good, but I...I want to be buried with you, just the two of us."

From ancient times to the present, those buried with the emperor are basically the original empress, and occasionally extremely favored ministers and children who died young. This was all decided during his lifetime.

But there is one situation that is different, that is, the successor emperor is not the son of the queen. For the sake of their own legitimacy, they often take an action -

He conferred the title of queen on his own mother, and buried her in his own father's tomb a hundred years later, without caring whether his dead father had any objections or not.

Empress Ma understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant by this. Her eyes welled up and she felt mixed emotions.

In her life, she had experienced the death of both her parents and the turmoil of war. She was like a drifting duckweed, with no one knowing when she would end up dead.

After marrying Lao Zhu, she faced life-and-death crises several times, but she survived it all. She just took one step at a time and unexpectedly had such a blessing.

It was rare that her husband was such a sentimental man. Although he had his share of affairs, he always loved and respected her as his original wife.

Queen Ma thought that her life was worth it.

"Why worry about that? You suffered so much to conquer the country, and you were so nervous after you gained the throne. You reviewed memorials until midnight every day. Don't I know that?"

Empress Ma spoke slowly, as if every word came from her heart:

"Choose the most suitable person to inherit your throne and be good to the people as the emperor.

We need to hurry up. Both of our children are good. We can’t delay and force them to fight.”

Even though one of the two candidates was her own child, Queen Ma still said this.

People are born with selfish desires, but Empress Ma knew better what the country and the people needed most, and her public spirit suppressed her personal feelings.

Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a long time. Time passed by minute by minute. Empress Ma did not urge him but just supported him silently.

a long time.

"In fact, it's not that difficult. The previous dynasty occupied a vast area. In addition to the Yuan Dynasty, there were four other khanates that ruled different places."

The more Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, the brighter his eyes became:

"The Ming Dynasty is now many times more vast than the previous dynasty. There have been repeated reports that officials sent to the newly occupied territories are unable to suppress the remnants. If this continues, the Ming Dynasty may gradually lose those places."

"In this case, it would be better to divide these places among the royal descendants, like the feudal states of the powerful Han."

Empress Ma also thought it was a good idea, but she still had some questions:

"The newly occupied territory is far larger than the Ming mainland. Your Majesty, are you not afraid of over-powering the weak? Or what if the royal family descendants cannot subdue those people?"

Old Zhu sneered:

"We are all descendants of the Zhu family. If the meat is rotten, it will be rotten in the pot. If the throne is taken away, it is because of our own incompetence. Do you still want to blame me, his ancestor?"

"Also, when did I ever say that those losers are qualified to be kings in the newly occupied land? Losers should just stay put and eat what others have left."

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more anxious. He hurried out from Empress Ma's place and sought out his trusted court officials to discuss the matter.

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According to later records, the Ming Dynasty's Taizu had a far-sighted vision and appointed his meritorious descendants from the royal family to govern the newly occupied territories. As time went by, all of his sons wore Han Chinese clothing.

Among them, the one who made the greatest contributions and occupied the largest area was Prince of Yan Zhu Di, also known as Emperor of Yan.