Zhu Yuanzhang comforted him: "Well, you are better at talking than your father, and you have some of our Biao'er's style."

Zhu Gaochi said modestly: "At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there were countless people who colluded with each other, the political situation was treacherous, and there were undercurrents from all sides, and the surrounding countries were eyeing it covetously.

Emperor Xingzong was able to assist Grandpa Huang in governing the Ming Dynasty for more than 20 years, making the country peaceful and the people safe, the army strong, and the four seas surrendered. He was a bright moon with a noble character, a heart for the world, and a man of the ages.

My grandson is just a firefly in the night sky, and I dare not compare him with Emperor Xingzong, the rising sun."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed again: "Well, good grandson, well said, your uncle is much better than your father, you should find more opportunities to ask him for advice, get up quickly."

"Thank you Grandpa Huang."

Although he agreed, Zhu Gaochi did not rush to get up, but looked at Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao smiled: "Gao Chi, please stand up. No need to be polite."

"Thank you, Emperor Xingzong."

But Zhu Gaochi still didn't rush to stand up: "Emperor Xingzong Rong Bing, when my nephew first ascended the throne, he ordered the restoration of Emperor Xingzong's temple name and posthumous title.

And adopted my second brother Gao Xu to Emperor Xingzong as his heir, named him King of Wu, and allowed him to guard Nanjing, hold the tiger seal to command the troops of the southeastern provinces, and the throne of King of Wu is hereditary."

At first, Zhu Biao nodded his head, thinking that this nephew was a thoughtful person who knew how to win people's hearts by posthumously conferring a title on a person who had died for many years and posed no threat.

But after hearing the rest of the words, Zhu Biao couldn't laugh anymore.

What the hell?

You adopted your brother to me as a son?

It's not like I don't have a son myself?

After a second, Zhu Biao came to his senses.

"Fourth brother, you did a good job." Zhu Biao didn't get angry, but just praised.

Zhu Yuanzhang also understood: "You are so good, you robbed Yunwen of the throne, and killed your eldest brother's offspring! You are going to go to heaven, come here and get beaten!"

Zhu Di waved his hands again and again: "How can that be possible? My eldest brother definitely has offspring in the world."

Zhu Biao smiled: "Oh? Then you still agree to adopt your son to me?"

Zhu Di smiled awkwardly: "Someone is holding your eldest brother's offspring hostage to rebel, and I can't just leave it alone.

I simply let them fake their death and remove them from the list, and then let someone take them to a remote countryside to eat and drink well, except for restricting their freedom , I didn't allow them to reveal their true identities to future generations. I didn't treat them unfairly.

When the next generation grows up, they don't know their identities and won't have other thoughts, so they can be completely free.

In order to prevent them from being assassinated, I didn't even tell Zhanji about this, because I was afraid that the successor king would not tolerate them and would wait for an opportunity to kill them. "

Zhu Biao stepped forward and helped Zhu Di up: "In this case, it was my elder brother who blamed you wrongly."

"No, I hope you don't blame me."

"Of course I don't blame you." Zhu Biao smiled warmly, his eyes fell on Zhu Zhanji.

Zhu Zhanji was not a fool, and he immediately assured: "Emperor Xiaokang, rest assured. Even if I become the emperor in the future, I will not target your descendants, and I will not tell the news to others."

Zhu Biao nodded with satisfaction: "Fourth brother, you have a good grandson."

Zhu Di smiled bitterly: "If both of them can live longer, it will be perfect."

After Zhu Di was helped up, only Zhu Zhanji was still kneeling.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask him to get up, and wanted to give this great-grandson a little power.

After all, this is the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"Doctor Li, all dynasties have begun to decay since the third or fourth emperor. Is my Ming Dynasty almost the same?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhu Zhanji immediately became nervous.

He knew that his great grandfather was waiting to judge him.

After all, the third emperor, that is, his father, was named Renzong.

In history, there is no difference in being given the temple name of "Ren".

Li Zhongfu also understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, and thought for a while: "If you want to explain Emperor Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, he can be called a qualified emperor.

During his reign, he cleaned up the administration, reduced taxes, encouraged farming, rectified military preparations, inspected the border, and developed navigation, which greatly slowed down the decline of national strength and the exhaustion of people's livelihood caused by major events such as the Northern Expedition and the Battle of Jiaozhi during the Yongle Dynasty.

Later generations called the more than ten years of prosperity created by him and Renzong the Renxuan Reign, and believed that it was comparable to the Wenjing Reign and the Zhenguan Reign.

Some people jokingly called him the Little Emperor Taizong of Tang, believing that as another hexagonal emperor after Emperor Taizong of Tang, he was similar to Emperor Taizong of Tang in all aspects."

Zhu Zhanji straightened his back unconsciously.

Will I be so strong in the future?

Little Emperor Taizong of Tang!

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi are also proud of it.

I am worthy of being my son (grandson).

Zhu Yuanzhang is also veryRelieved.

Just as he was about to let Zhu Zhanji stand up, Li Zhongfu spoke again: "But compared with Taizu, Chengzu, Renzong, and Tang Taizong, he is not good enough. It can be said that the demise of your Ming Dynasty has a lot to do with him.

First, he gave the cabinet officials more power, which made the prime minister system that you, Zhu, had painstakingly abolished revived, although the cabinet chief minister is not as good as the prime minister.

In order to check and balance the cabinet, he asked people to teach eunuchs to read, and gave power to the eunuchs who held the seal and the pen of the Silijian, which led to the repeated emergence of powerful eunuchs in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

And he What people criticized the most was his failure in diplomacy and military affairs. Whether in the south or north of the desert, or in Hami, Annan, Xiaozizi, Luchuan, or Southeast Asia, his policy was to negotiate when he could, to give in when he could, and not to fight when he could, which directly led to the loss of more than 800,000 square kilometers of land in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Even in my time, a considerable part of these lands were independent. After all, the legal system was lost from his hands, and even if the descendants wanted to fight for it, they would not be able to do so. "

Zhu Zhanji silently bent his waist again and put his head on the ground.

Zhu Yuanzhang: (•́へ•́╬)

Zhu Biao: (•́へ•́╬)

Zhu Di: (•́へ•́╬)

Zhu Gaochi: ε=(´ο`*)))Alas

"Doctor Li, how big is more than 800,000 square kilometers?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

Li Zhongfu estimated: "It is roughly equivalent to two-fifths of the Southern Song Dynasty and six or seven Koreas."

Zhu Gaochi: ...

Zhu Biao: ...

"Dad, fourth brother, hit him gently. After all, the incident has not happened yet, just like Yunwen has not become the Emperor Jianwen." Zhu Biao advised, taking a step back.

Zhu Yuanzhang praised: "Our Biaoer is kind-hearted, Lao Si, what do you think?"

Zhu Di glared at Zhu Zhanji: "We are too busy, so we let the cabinet serve as our advisers. You are so good, you let them be prime ministers directly, and use eunuchs to check and balance. Why are you so lazy? If you don't want to be the emperor, just say it earlier, and we will change people as soon as possible."

Zhu Zhanji kowtowed like pounding garlic: "Grandson dare not, Grandpa, spare my life."

Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "I have figured out what's going on. You let a group of literati manage the country, and let a group of eunuchs check and balance the literati. These eunuchs are useless, and most of the literati are spineless. It's a miracle that they can defend the land and expand the borders.

Without Doctor Li saying anything later, we can guess what problems the next emperor will encounter.

You and your father were emperors for only eleven years in total. At your age, you would have died in the prime of your life. Your son is definitely not much older.

Young people are impatient and frequently harassed by foreign enemies. They must want to emulate your grandfather and lead the army in person. Civil officials don't like things that are beyond their control. They might make trouble behind the scenes. A war can kill the generals and soldiers together.

From then on, the emperor could not control the military power, nor the imperial power. He had to be constrained by civil officials in everything he did. If he was smart, he could rule by doing nothing and be called a wise ruler.

Anyone who dared to think about seeking military power would die without knowing how he died, and would be slandered by civil officials after his death. "

Li Zhongfu: (⊙o⊙)...

Are you also a time traveler, Lao Zhu?

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