Chapter 3: Hard Bones
Speaking of hard bones, Zhu Yunwen has never seen anyone more tough than Zhu Huan.
When Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang was still there, Zhu Huan was a hard bone.
If you are wrong, you will not admit it, you will not change it, and you will not do it.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was angry several times, almost exiled Zhu Huan, but after seeing Zhu Huan's thin body blowing into the wind, he finally gave up this idea.
No matter how strong he is, it is also his own child.
Maybe it's because of his strong temper that he matches Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, and the relationship between these three people is very good, which also makes Zhu Yunwen vigilant, and he imprisons Zhu Huan as soon as he takes the position.
"Uncle Qi, do you remember my fifth uncle, King Zhou?" Zhu Yunwen said unhurriedly.
"Did you attack the fifth brother?" Zhu Huan asked knowingly.
"Uncle Zhou, I have raised a good son, and his second son Zhu Youjiao reported to the court that Uncle Zhou was plotting wrong, and I had no choice." Zhu Yunwen said with a smile: "But I am not the kind of person who likes to do things absolutely, I just demoted Uncle Zhou to a concubine and exiled Menghua." β
That's it, that's it.
Degraded a high-ranking vassal king to a white body, which is undoubtedly the greatest humiliation for King Zhou, and it is more uncomfortable than killing him.
"Are you threatening me?" Zhu Huan said calmly.
"Why did Uncle Wang say this, my nephew never had such a meaning!" Zhu Yunwen pretended to be flustered, but there was no respect in his words, and he was full of threats: "I have long heard that Uncle Qi and Uncle Yan have a very good relationship, but now that Uncle Qi has made a big mistake, why don't you see the fourth uncle come to see Uncle Qi?" β
"You are so naΓ―ve, do you think my fourth brother will be so stupid?" Zhu Huan said coldly.
"How do you know if you don't try?" Zhu Yunwen said with a chuckle.
Who doesn't know that King Qi, King Yan, and King Xiang have a close relationship?
King Yan sits in the north, with full wings, and it is not easy to move. And now that Zhu Huan, the king of Qi, is imprisoned, Zhu Yunwen has a note in his heart, and uses Zhu Huan to fish Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to the capital, as long as he arrives in the capital, Zhu Di will become a tiger in a cage, and it will be useless to let his minions be sharp. If King Yan doesn't come, there will be rumors from the government and the opposition that King Yan Zhu Di is ruthless and his siblings are killed, but he turns a blind eye.
This is a conspiracy, no matter whether Zhu Di comes to the capital or not, he will inevitably be hit by an arrow.
Zhu Yunwen came to see Zhu Huan this time, in order to let Zhu Huan perform a "bitter meat plan", so as to inform the world and carry out public opinion attacks on Zhu Di.
"Uncle Qi, I just need you to write a letter to the fourth uncle." Zhu Yunwen said in a seductive tone: "As long as Uncle Qi agrees to me, there will be no need to suffer in this Qingyang Palace in the future, I promise to let Uncle Wang return to the status of the previous vassal king, what do you want?" β
"Is that true?"
Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed when he heard this, and he thought that Zhu Huan's heart was moved: "What does Uncle Qi want?" β
"I want you to return the throne to my fourth brother." Zhu Huan said lightly.
"Uncle Qi is good at joking." Zhu Yunwen's face turned cold.
"Why do you think I'm joking with you?" Zhu Huan said flatly: "This son doesn't belong to you in the first place, if my eldest brother sits on the throne of God, I will naturally be convinced, and General Lanyu will not die, what kind of thing are you?" According to the etiquette system, it should be my fourth brother who should have sat on this throne! β
Zhu Biao, the crown prince during the Hongwu period, was Zhu Huan's eldest brother.
In the first year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang was officially proclaimed emperor, and Zhu Biao naturally became the founding crown prince of the Ming Dynasty and the future prince of the empire.
In all dynasties, the emperor called himself a "widow", but the prince has always been around him, because everyone knows that the current prince is the future emperor, the lord of a country, and his own honor and disgrace are tied to the prince alone. But people's desires are endless, so these courtiers for their own selfish interests, often instigate the prince to do contrary things, once the east window incident, the prince's position is not only not guaranteed, but also set off a bloody storm. This can be clearly seen from the fact that the "position of the prince" has become a high-risk occupation in history. Therefore, the configuration of the people around the prince took a lot of thought from the emperor.
However, Zhu Biao does not have this problem, as soon as the Ming Dynasty was established, a thriving scene, the civil and military generals performed their duties, and the emperor's orders did not dare to disobey; Second, Zhu Yuanzhang himself is a master of employing people, and he knows very well what he can do and what he can do. Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang selected candidates to assist the crown prince, it can be said that he was the highest configuration of the empire: Li Shanchang, the left prime minister and the young master of the prince, Xu Da, the right prime minister and the young master of the prince, Zhongshu Pingzhanglu often Yuchun and the prince Shaobao, the right governor Feng Sheng and the right Zhan Shi, the same governor Kang Maocai, Zhang Xingzu and the left and right envoys, Wu Zhen, Geng Bingwen, the deputy envoy of the left and right governments, Deng Yu, Tang He, and the imperial historians, Liu Ji, Zhang Yi and Zanshan doctors......
This list includes almost the top founding heroes, such as Li Shanchang, Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Feng Sheng, Tang He, Deng Yu, Liu Bowen, ......, where is the configuration of the prince's team, it is clearly the configuration of the emperor's team!
Zhu Biao's Confucian education and Zhu Yuanzhang's words and deeds on his own experience have always maintained Zhu Biao's three views at a high level, he is gentle and elegant, benevolent and diligent, and has the demeanor of a Confucian, and no one in the government and the opposition praises him. He understands that it is not easy for his father to start a business, so he advocates frugality, not publicity, and is not luxurious, and can be called a "low-key and humble gentleman".
As the eldest son, Zhu Biao not only had to take care of several younger brothers during his father's expedition, but also was strict with himself at all times and set an example for his younger brothers, so these younger brothers respected Zhu Biao very much and did not have the slightest intention of taking the heir.
If Zhu Biao didn't die, even if he only became the emperor for one day and hung up, then Zhu Huan was convinced of Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Biao is a good big brother and a good prince, and if he doesn't die, he is also a good emperor.
It's a pity that Zhu Biao died, and the old vermilion white-haired man sent the black-haired man, with infinite sadness and helplessness in his heart.
After Zhu Biao's death, the most suitable heir is the fourth Zhu Di, the son of the early old Zhu who personally gave the evaluation of "this sub-class me", heroic and majestic, decisive in killing, and repeatedly made military exploits, and has a huge prestige in the army. And according to the etiquette system, Zhu Di is also the most suitable. The eldest Zhu Biao, the second Zhu Zhang, and the third Zhu Li all received the box lunch, and Zhu Di was the first heir. If Zhu Di is made the crown prince, everyone in the world will be convinced, and the top team prepared by Lao Zhu for Zhu Standard will not have to be killed.
It's a pity that Lao Zhu likes his eldest son too much, and even took the risk of making Zhu Biao's son Zhu Yunwen the emperor's grandson, a big gamble.
What kind of thing is Zhu Yunwen, who will obey him?
Lao Zhu answered this question with actions: "Whoever is not convinced, then die." β
After Zhu Biao's death, Lao Zhu opened the killing ring, and the blood of the world was like a river, and even the general Lanyu who sealed the wolf Juxu died.
All cause and effect are because of Zhu Biao's death and Zhu Yunwen's superiority.
And what Zhu Huan said now is undoubtedly sprinkling a handful of salt on Zhu Yunwen's wound.