Chapter 25: The Last Decree

In his diary, Emperor Jianwen had three major hatreds for his uncle Zhu Di. The first hate, Emperor Jianwen hated Zhu Di for disobeying the last orders of the former emperor Hong Wuye, when the edict of Zhu Yuanzhang of the Hongwu Emperor was announced, although Zhu Di was full of displeasure, but he announced the implementation of the decree in public, but a few years later, he turned his face and was ruthless; The second hatred is that he obviously wants to be the emperor and wants to be a great country, but he uses him as a shield, saying that he Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen has traitorous ministers around him, saying that he, the emperor, has been blackmailed by the ministers. His uncle, Zhu Di, the king of Yan, raised troops in order to rescue the emperor's nephew who was controlled by bad people. caused him, Emperor Jianwen, to wander around with his infamy, and his lifelong infamy was not rehabilitated; The third hate, Zhu Di created a fake corpse and pretended to be Emperor Jianwen. said that Emperor Jianwen had been burned to death, so that he could justifiably become the emperor. Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen has since withdrawn from the stage of history, and this is okay. But Zhu Di did one thing too much, in order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, he, the Yongle Emperor who robbed his nephew of the throne, after registering, flashed the butcher's knife to his two nephews. What is wrong with Emperor Jianwen's eldest son, the dignified prince of the Jianwen Dynasty, who is only four years old? What's wrong with a little prince who is still nursing in the arms of a nurse? Zhu Di arranged an accident and extinguished the two palace maids and nurses who were connected to them with the thorns in their eyes, and the last fire burned. Nominally found a high-sounding reason, Emperor Jianwen, who had been burned to death, wanted his two children and came to take away the two princes. For this reason, Zhu Di also pretended to be distressed, and asked the people to organize the children's funeral, and his uncle and grandfather personally helped the spirits on the road. Zhu Yunwen hates his uncle Zhu Di, this Zhu Di is too disregarded for family affection and is too good at acting. not only deceived all the ministers of civil and military affairs, but even the common people of the world were deceived by him.

Zhu Yunwen wrote in his diary that he originally wanted to return to the country and take back everything he had from Zhu Di. But the people at that time yearned for peace, and the civil and military officials lost confidence in him, the weak emperor. In order to find like-minded people, Zhu Yunwen traveled all over the mountains and rivers under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. Although he didn't find a capable person who could help him restore the rivers and mountains, he deeply understood some of the words that his imperial grandfather said to him. How could Zhu Yunwen, who was born in the palace since he was a child and grew up in wealth, know that he has to eat since he was a child, has been a monk, and gives people the mood of an imperial grandfather who has let go of cows. Regarding the words of the emperor's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen can only say that he remembers every sentence, but he can't deeply understand it. Now Zhu Yunwen finally knows what the emperor's grandfather said, the people are the fundamental, and the people can decide who will be the emperor. Zhu Yunwen had to admit that it was more suitable to be the emperor Zhu Di than himself, whether it was opening up the way of speech, or reducing taxes, or rectifying the rule of officials, or opening the sea ban, and trading with Fanbang, etc., this is what he Zhu Yunwen wanted to do but did not do. Compared with Emperor Jianwen, who can only talk and has no practical actions, this Yongle Emperor Zhu Di is more popular in the hearts of the people.

Zhu Yunwen, who was gradually discouraged, originally wanted to return to the mountains and forests and return to Xiaoyue Village to spend the rest of his life. But at this time, Ma He, that is, Zheng He, came back from the West for the first time. Zheng He not only brought a large amount of supplies, but was also brought to the situation of the islands on the sea. When the world was circulating Zheng He, Zhu Yunwen had an idea, since the people here have their hearts towards Zhu Di, it is better to take people to the South Seas, open up their own rivers and mountains on the sea, and become an emperor on the sea. So Zhu Yunwen took his men and horses to the sea, hoping to find his world on the sea and rebuild his Jianwen country.

But Zhu Yunwen miscalculated again, he did not estimate that the wind and waves at sea would be so big, nor did he estimate that the conditions overseas would be so complicated. He took more than 1,000 people on this secretly bought ocean-going ship, and soon after he set off, he encountered a storm and waves, and if his ship was not big enough, they would have died in the wind and waves.

When they landed on a small island, Zhu Yunwen found that his men had changed, and they had become more pirates than pirates. As soon as they arrived on the island, they carried out bloody massacres against the people of the island, littered with the corpses of the natives who had come from the interior to welcome them. Zhu Yunwen even saw his subordinates committing violence against women on the island, even some underage girls. Zhu Yunwen wanted to stop it, but an old minister who was loyal to him shook his head and said that if he didn't condone them, they wouldn't give Zhu Yunwen his life. For the first time, Zhu Yunwen felt that his failure came from his own cowardice.

After drifting overseas for a whole year, Zhu Yunwen and his men ransacked the small islands they passed through many times, and also recruited people to plot many times. At one point, a group of men with a whole boatload of supplies betrayed him and parted ways with him. When Zhu Yunwen's fleet encountered the ship's people again a few months later, the ship had been destroyed, all the people on board had been killed, and the supplies on the ship had already been taken away. The last subordinate ate the meat of his subordinates for a few days, and did not hold out until Zhu Yunwen and their arrival, and at the moment before Zhu Yunwen got on the boat, because he was too nervous, the raw meat stuck in his throat and choked to death. After seeing their fate, everyone who had been drifting overseas for a year lost their ambitions.

Later, Zhu Yunwen distributed some treasures to everyone, and everyone left a part of it on a small island, and on the way forward, his subordinates left Zhu Yunwen one after another. In the end, Zhu Yunwen took root in a small country. At this time, Zhu Yunwen no longer had any ambitions, and voluntarily left his hair in a small country as an ascetic. Because Zhu Yunwen is careful and kind, and he is familiar with the mysteries in Buddhist scriptures, his prestige spreads in small countries.

A few years later, Zhu Yunwen, who was already a great monk, was found by Zheng He. Zheng He treated Zhu Yunwen with the courtesy of a king, and at the same time tried to make Zhu Yunwen return to the mainland. And guaranteed that Yongle Emperor Zhu Di would not hurt Zhu Yunwen. Maybe it's because I miss my homeland too much; Maybe it's because I'm old and want to return to my roots; may also be Zheng He's sincerity that moved Zhu Yunwen; It is more likely that for the people of a small country not to suffer from the war, Zhu Yunwen finally agreed.

Zhu Yunwen, who returned to the mainland, knew that Zhu Di would not allow him to stay in any monastery, let alone allow him to show his true face. So he took the initiative to ask to live in seclusion in Xiaoyue Village, Zheng He asked Zhu Yunwen to go to Xiaoyue Village on the one hand, and reported to his master, Yongle Emperor Zhu Di. Zhu Di immediately agreed to Zhu Yunwen's request, and putting Zhu Yunwen under house arrest in Xiaoyue Village was the best way. He immediately ordered to send a group of Jinyi guards who were loyal to him to stay in Xiaoyue Village. Nominally, it is to protect the abolished emperor Zhu Yunwen, but in fact, he is monitoring and guarding Zhu Yunwen.

Since then, Zhu Yunwen has lived in Xiaoyue Village, active in the village during the day, and resting in the upstairs of his choice at night. There was only one high-rise building in Xiaoyue Village, but in order to better monitor Zhu Yunwen, Jinyiwei built four small buildings in the southeast, northwest and northwest nearby, guarding and monitoring Zhu Yunwen day and night.

When Yongle Emperor Zhu Di was about to die, Zhu Yunwen also knew that he was about to come to an end. In the basement of the next dark room, his diary and last decree were left in the treasure. After returning upstairs, he understood himself by himself, and he and Zhu Di's account could only be calculated by going to the underworld to find Zhu Di to figure it out.

Qin Tai opened the scroll of the holy decree that no one had read, and the holy decree was very simple. Mainly expounded three points, the first point is Zhu Yunwen's summary of his own mistakes, saying that he himself listened to the words of some Wenchen who only focused on theory and did not pay attention to reality, and did some things that were sorry for his family, and he should not be in a hurry to cut down. He should not only listen to the minister's words, but not actually understand the suffering of the people, forget his imperial grandfather's instructions to him, and forget to reuse the brocade guard. Without the whispers of his cronies, he became deaf, blind, and foolish, at the mercy of his ministers; The second point is that for Zhu Di taking away his country, he has forgiven Zhu Di's behavior. Because without Zhu Di, he would be more sorry for his imperial grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang. As long as Zhu Di and Zhu Di's descendants are dedicated to the people, he or his family will no longer want to regain the country; Thirdly, the treasure here is the treasure that Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, arrived from the Yuan Dynasty Emperor. This treasure was left to him by Zhu Yunwen's grandfather Zhu Yuanzhang and belonged to Zhu Yunwen's private property. But Zhu Yunwen doesn't want to leave it to his descendants, but he will definitely not give it to Zhu Di or Zhu Di's descendants. He was strict in his holy decree that he must not use this treasure to do anything harmful to the Ming Dynasty, let alone use this money to rebel and seize the world of the Zhu family in the Ming Dynasty. It is necessary to use the money on the people and save the people from danger. Help the court, help the people, and help the Zhu family through the crisis. Otherwise, he, Zhu Yunwen, will curse the person who gets the treasure for the rest of his life.

Qin Tai didn't say anything about the novel, because the less people knew about this kind of thing, the better. Whoever knows about this kind of thing will be killed by anyone and their family. Because for the current emperor, this history is more terrifying to them than the enemy, and nothing good will come of it to anyone who knows the inside story.

Qin Tai wrote a novel: "You look at the girl, if she wakes up, you must control her." She must not be allowed to go out, it will be dangerous outside. If she's sober, you explain it to her. If you don't listen, you can do it yourself. Stun her if necessary. It's saving her life, it's helping her. ”

Zhan nodded and glanced at the girl who was still asleep. Her hands trembled a little, because she was afraid that she would not be able to grasp the strength well and hurt the girl.

Qin Tai could see Zhan Xiaoxiao's mood, if Zhan Xiaoxiao was asked to deal with a bad guy, Zhan Xiaoxiao would definitely not show mercy. But when Zhan Xiaoxiao faced a girl who had been tortured, Zhan Xiaoxiao's heart was softer than anyone else.

Qin Tai thought for a while, and then said, "Xiaoxiao, it's better for you to leave with me." This girl doesn't seem to have any scruples about the pool water, we just need to fill her with more pool water and let her be unconscious for a while longer. From the moment I entered, I found that the mechanism in this basement was opened from the outside, and the switch could not be controlled from the inside. We just had to lock the girls up inside, and wait for the people from the East Factory to leave us before we came down and let the girls out. Is that good? ”

Zhan Xiaoxiao hurriedly agreed, and while going to find a guy to fill the pond, he said to Qin Tai: "My lord, it will take a few days for us to leave." Will the girls suffocate here? ”

Qin Tai said: "No, it's not boring here, otherwise we wouldn't be able to stand it a long time ago." I guess there are some exhaust holes here to be able to breathe fresh air. But the girls will be hungry, so we're going to leave some food for her. ”

Zhan Xiaoxiao and Qin Tai poured a few bowls of pond water for the girl, and left another bag of dry food beside the girl. This bowl is a pure gold bowl inlaid with many precious stones in the treasure.

One last glance at the sleeping girl, Qin Tai and Zhan Xiaoxiao left the basement together. The mechanism was closed from above, and the nine large tripods were rearranged.