Tongzhou is the northernmost point of the Grand Canal in the Ming Dynasty, although the grain ships from the south can go directly to the Chaoyangmen Wharf in the east of Beijing through the Grand Canal, but Tongzhou is the distribution center of grain and materials in the whole North China.

The name of Tongzhou comes from "Caoyun Tongji", in 1149 A.D., King Hailing Wanyan Liang killed Jin Xizong and established himself as emperor. In order to meet the needs of the Jin Dynasty's southward expansion and strengthening its rule, Wan Yanliang decided to move the capital to Yanjing.

In 1151 AD, Wanyan Liang's minister Zhang Hao expanded Yanjing City and began to use Lushui to transport materials to Yanjing. Because Lushui is in Lu County in the east of Yanjing City, all kinds of materials transported by Lushui need to be transferred through Lu County and then transported to Yanjing City, in view of the material transfer hub status of Lu County, Lu County was promoted to Tongzhou in the same year, taking the meaning of "Cao Yun Tongji", that is, Tongzhou mainly serves Cao Yun in the city function.

After Zhu Dijing's martyrdom, the capital was moved to Beijing, and the status of the Grand Canal became more and more important.

After Zhu Hongsan settled in Beijing, he naturally needed grain from the south to maintain the rule of the north, so he set up a garrison camp here in Tongzhou, and stationed 10,000 guards all year round, in order to ensure the food of millions of people in the capital.

Today is the first day of the second month of the 15th year of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Hongsan, who has been away from Beijing for more than a year, has finally returned to Beijing. However, Zhu Hongsan who went home was not in a good mood, and several of his sons in Beijing were fighting to death, so that Zhu Hongsan did not have the joy of going home at all.

When Zhu Hongsan was in Yongping Mansion, he ordered all the cabinet ministers, princes and other princes to go to Tongzhou to greet them, so these people waited outside Tongzhou City early.

At noon, Zhu Hongsan's imperial chariot rushed to Tongzhou, but Zhu Hongsan did not show up, but a little eunuch came out and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the emperor has a will, let you go back, prepare for the court meeting on the fifth day of the second lunar month!" ”

Feng Ziyong and the others looked at each other, they thought that the emperor would be able to clean up Zhu Jiang with thunder when he came back, but they didn't think that this was the case. But Feng Ziyong and the others had no choice, so they had to bow down and return to the city.

Feng Ziyong and other civil officials left, leaving only a few princes led by the crown prince Zhu Hai*, and today except for the young prince, all the other princes have arrived. In addition to the crown prince Zhu Hai, the abolished Qin king Zhu Jiang, the Chu king Zhu Huai, the old Wuyue king Zhu Lang, and the sixth Jin king Zhu Bo, there are also the old seven Zhu Tao and the eighth Zhu Shu who have not been crowned kings, these princes plus Zhu Yuan, the king of Yan who followed Zhu Hongsan, these are all the adult sons of Zhu Hongsan.

After the little eunuch read out the holy decree, he smiled at the crown prince and the other princes and said, "Master, the emperor has a will, all the princes kneel here and wait for the emperor to summon you!" ”

It is now the second month of the lunar calendar, although North China has been civilized, but the temperature is still very cold, these princes are all delicate and expensive there have suffered this kind of suffering, but Lao Tzu has no choice but to reluctantly kneel in the muddy water and wait for his father's summons.

This kneeling knelt down from noon to Shen Shi, that is, kneeling for two hours, the prince and the abolished King of Qin had joined the army that year, and they had also suffered this kind of hardship back then, and the two of them could still hold on, but the seventh Zhu Tao and the eighth Zhu Fang, who had just turned fifteen, couldn't stand it anymore, and knelt on the ground and cried in a low voice.

Zhu Tao is Qian Yuting's son, about the same age as Zhu Shengduo, the emperor's eldest grandson, and Zhu Shengduo was raised by Qian Yuting, so the relationship between the two is very deep. Zhu Shengduo saw Zhu Tao crying in a low voice in the imperial chariot, and couldn't help but whisper in front of Zhu Hongsan: "Imperial grandfather, the seventh and eighth uncles have just come of age, and they didn't participate in that incident this time. ”

Before Zhu Shengduo finished speaking, Zhu Yuan, the fourth son of the emperor on the side, interrupted Zhu Shengduo and said: "Father, you must not indulge these guys, who knows that the seventh and eighth ginseng are not involved, and it is okay for them to kneel!" ”

Zhu Yuan lost his life in Shenyang, if he hadn't been clever enough to hide in the gutter of the palace, he would have died in the chaos. Zhu Yuan suffered so much, naturally he hated the initiator Zhu Jiang very much, and he couldn't wait for his father to directly order Zhu Jiang to be killed.

Although Zhu Yuan fell into the well here, Zhu Hongsan was the father of these princes after all, and according to the information of Dongchang, the seventh and eighth elders did not participate in Beijing's affairs, so Zhu Hongsan thought about it and said: "Let the sixth and seventh get up, enter the imperial chariot and wait!" ”

A little eunuch went out to deliver the decree, Zhu Tao and Zhu Shu quickly stood up and followed the little eunuch to change into clean clothes, and then entered the imperial chariot to kneel and thank their father's Longen.

Zhu Jiang saw that his two younger brothers didn't have to suffer, so he immediately quit. Zhu Jiang has now been deposed and the prince has become a concubine, and he himself knows that he will definitely not be able to escape today, anyway, it is better to break the jar and break it.

Zhu Jiang knelt on the ground and said loudly: "Father, why are you so partial? The old seven and eight are your sons, what about us? Aren't the fifth and sixth sons your sons? ”

The fifth Zhu Lang and the sixth Zhu Bo heard Zhu Jiang speak for them, and quickly explained: "Father, the son is willing to kneel here, and the son has absolutely no complaints!" "These two princes know that Zhu Jiang is not at ease when he speaks for them, Zhu Jiang is now rebellious, and it is not good to have a relationship with him.

It's okay that Zhu Jiang didn't speak, but as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Hongsan was furious, Zhu Hongsan stood up suddenly, walked out of the royal chariot and scolded: "You are a rebel, you dare to plot against your father, Lao Tzu will kill you now!" ”

Zhu Hongsan turned around and pulled out the embroidered spring knife from the hand of the Jinyi guard who was guarding beside him, and was about to hack Zhu Jiang to death.

When the crown prince Zhu Hai saw that his father was going to hack Zhu Jiang to death, he was overjoyed, and when Zhu Jiang died, he went to a big enemy. But Zhu Hai thought so but couldn't do this, he was the prince and his brother, and he wanted to pretend to be a brother and friendship in front of his father, so Zhu Hai saw that Zhu Hongsan was about to make a move, and immediately stepped forward to hug Zhu Hongsan's legs and cried: "Father, the second brother is your son!" You can kill a son with your own hands! Today's matter is all my son's fault, I am immoral and incompetent, I really can't be the responsibility of this prince, please ask my father to abolish my son's prince and let other younger brothers be it! As long as the father is in good health and the younger brothers are harmonious, the son is not the crown prince! ”

Zhu Jiang really wanted to vomit when he saw what Zhu Hai said, Zhu Jiang said angrily: "Zhu Hai, put away your hypocritical face!" I don't need you to intercede! ”

After Zhu Jiang finished speaking, he shouted at Zhu Hongsan: "Father, your son's life was given by you, and I will return it to you now!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was even more angry when he heard Zhu Jiang say this, but his leg was held by Zhu Hai and couldn't move at all, not to mention that Zhu Hongsan was just angry to do this, he could really kill his son there!

Zhu Hong gasped angrily, pointed at Zhu Jiang and scolded: "You are a rebel, do you want to be angry with Lao Tzu?" Good! Since you don't want to be my son, then I will expel you from the family tree and take you to the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum to be imprisoned, and never see me again! ”

This is already Zhu Hongsan's heaviest punishment for Zhu Jiang, Zhu Jiang can murder his father, but Zhu Hongsan is reluctant to kill his son. Li Chengen on the side also knew that this was the end in the end, and now that the emperor had spoken, Li Chengen immediately ordered Jinyiwei to step forward, take off some of the tokens on Zhu Jiang's body representing the royal family, and then put them in the prisoner car and escorted them to Fengyang.

Zhu Hai was overjoyed when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this, now that Zhu Jiang is no longer a threat at all, his status as the crown prince is stable.

Zhu Hai hugged Zhu Hongsan's legs and cried: "Father, don't be angry, this country still needs to be governed by your father, please don't be angry with your second brother!" It's all the son's fault, the son didn't discipline his brother well! ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at Zhu Hai like this, sighed and said, "Zhu Hai, you did a good job!" After Zhu Hongsan finished speaking, he handed the knife in his hand to Jinyiwei, and then helped Zhu Hai up with his own hands.

Zhu Huai, the king of Chu who was like a fat pig on the side, wanted to vomit when he saw Zhu Hai pretending to be a brother and friendly, Zhu Huai knelt on the ground and said: "Father, the son has a book to play!" ”

Zhu Hongsan didn't like this obese son originally, but after all, it was his own son, Zhu Hongsan frowned and said, "Third child, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Father, the son impeached the crown prince Zhu Hai, Zhu Hai did one thing in front of him and one thing behind his back, he is actually similar to Zhu Jiang, and he is also a villain who kills his father with a dark and vicious heart!"

Zhu Huai's accusation is a big crime, in ancient times, filial piety was the first, and the prince, as the prince of the country, wanted to put filial piety in front, but now Zhu Huai said that Zhu Hai also wanted to kill his father, which surprised Zhu Hai.

Zhu Hai didn't know what evidence Zhu Huai had in his hand, but if he dared to say it in person today, he must have been prepared, Zhu Hai hurriedly said in a trembling voice: "Father, it's getting late today, let's go back to the palace first!" ”

Zhu Hongsan saw Zhu Hai's disappearance and discoloration, and he was already suspicious in his heart, Zhu Hongsan pushed Zhu Hai away and said, "Third brother, what evidence do you have that your eldest brother wants to kill his father?" ”

Zhu Huai glared at Zhu Hai fiercely and said: "Father, you know that Qian Lide, the commander of Jinyiwei, is the brother-in-law of Erchen, and Erchen listened to Qian Commander's envoy that the prince and Liaoning Governor Guo Huan had colluded, and was ready to use the praying mantis to catch cicadas. ”

Zhu Hai heard that the conspiracy between himself and Xia Wanchun at that time was clearly known by Zhu Huai, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly explained: "Father, things are different from what the third brother said, the son-in-law has a correspondence with Guo Huan, but the son-in-law warned him that Zhao Guodong may not be good for his father, and asked him to pay attention to Zhao Guodong, and he has no other thoughts!" ”

Zhu Hongsan was very suspicious, he had already believed it when he heard Zhu Huai say this, but he didn't want his eldest son Zhu Hai, who had high hopes, to become like this, Zhu Hongsan asked with a low face: "Third brother, you said that your eldest brother colluded with Guo Huan, is there any evidence?" ”

"Father, the son naturally has evidence, the prince's personal little eunuch Shuangxi is a secret agent of Jinyiwei, and the summons of the father and the emperor can prove that what the son said is true!"