When Zhu Yun heard Zhu Quan's roar, he suddenly stopped crying, reached out to wipe the tears on his face with his sleeve, and then slowly stood up, turned his head and glared at Zhu Quan and roared: "Traitor, my queen has been buried in the sea of fire, if you have the courage, then go forward and kill the king." "Cao Guogong Li Jinglong surrendered without a fight, the news of the Yan army entering the city reached the palace, Zhu Yun was in despair, and immediately ordered the eunuchs and sergeants in the palace to set a fire in the Fengtian Palace, and the young queen saw the fire burning in the Fengtian Palace, but when she entered to find her husband, she was blocked by the fire and died in the meantime.

When Zhu Quan saw the young emperor, he suddenly understood in his heart why Zhu Laosi, who commanded thousands of troops and horses, and was decisive in killing, couldn't face this young nephew who was shallow and didn't understand the emperor's power at all. In this era of the supremacy of feudal imperial power, the founding monarch, Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang's edict to the world, and the edict of Zhu Yun is indeed irrefutable and legitimate. Seeing this emperor who was determined to cut down the feudal domain, but provoked the battle of Jingyan and was about to lose the world, he did not have the slightest fear in his heart, and suddenly recalled his father who died early, the "big brother" who treated him quite kindly and regarded himself as a brother, and the Prince Yiwen who was completely different from Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. Most of the hatred in his heart dissipated unconsciously, and he sighed lightly: "If your father is alive, I am afraid that he will not exile his brother to a wild land, let alone force his brother to die in the family." ”

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Zhu Yun replied coldly: "The reason why you say it so justifiably is because you have never tried the taste of dominating the world. ”

Zhu Quan couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, and secretly thought to himself in his heart: If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government, Emperor Qin, Han Wu, and Emperor Hongwu are all eloquent and ruthless. The so-called Ming Jun who has been praised through the ages, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, didn't he also kill his brother and force his father in the Xuanwumen Change? Seeing that Zhu Yun's eyes were full of hatred, anger, and grief, he recalled that he had just mentioned in his words that the queen who had been buried in the Fengtian Palace, couldn't help but suddenly understand why this fire started, and said coldly: "If you lose the world, you will wantonly set fires?" If you can't keep your wife, if you can't keep your woman, how can you keep the world? ”

When Zhu Yun heard this, he couldn't help but turn pale, as if he had been punched in the chest, and he staggered back two steps. The unspeakable remorse and pain of the former loyal courtiers are not around, and it can be said that the betrayal of relatives is the moment when everyone is leaving, and he still rushes into the palace to find his wife to die in the fire that he ordered to be set up, and this indescribable remorse and pain is even far more than the endless loss of his own improper cutting of the feudal domain and the loss of the country.

Qin Zhuofeng thought that Yan Jun was about to enter the palace, and immediately waved his hand and slapped Zhu Yun on the back of his head. Put the clothes that had already been prepared on the emperor who fainted on the ground and was at the mercy of him, and then carried it on his back, taking advantage of the chaos in the palace, mixed with a group of eunuchs, palace maids, and sergeants and rushed towards the outside of the Forbidden City.

The defenders of the city saw that the general trend had turned, and they all surrendered one after another. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, led his army and went straight down the street to the Hongwu Gate of the Forbidden City.

Seeing that dozens of civil officials such as Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, and the former secretary of the military department, stood in front of the Hongwu Gate, it was obvious that they were greeting themselves, and Zhu Di couldn't help but feel a little complacent in his heart.

Just as Zhu Di was about to ride his horse into Hongwu Gate, a person suddenly snatched out of the civil official queue on one side, stretched out his hand and grabbed the reins of the sweaty horse.

Seeing this situation, Ji Gang, a pro-army who led his own soldiers to protect Zhu Di's horse, thought that this person intended to be unfavorable to King Yan, and immediately pulled out the war knife on his waist, and wanted to divide the body of this bold maniac.

"His Royal Highness King Yan wants to ascend the throne first? Worship Emperor Taizu's filial piety? This middle-aged civil official, who was about thirty years old and had bright eyes, saw Ji Gang and the others rushing forward viciously, and immediately shouted and asked.

Zhu Di's mind suddenly cleared up when he heard this, and he immediately stopped: "Stop." ”

Ji Gangjiu has been in the army for a long time, and he knows Zhu Di's unambiguous temperament, so he has to retreat to the side, staring at this civil official who has eaten the courage of an ambitious leopard and dares to obstruct King Yan from entering the palace here and now.

Zhu Di turned his head to look at this bold middle-aged civil official, and asked coldly, "Who are you?" What is the official position? ”

I saw the man bow down and say, "Xia Guan is Yang Rong, the editor of the Hanlin Academy." ”

When he was in trouble and bloodied with the imperial army, he never dared to openly declare rebellion. In the end, he still didn't dare to openly disobey his father's will. Before the change of dynasty, going to the filial piety mausoleum to pay tribute to his father was too necessary to appease the hearts of civil and military officials, and to give those officials who were still loyal to their nephews a step down the donkey.

Zhu Di stood tall and sweaty, looked at the magnificent Hongwu Gate of the Forbidden City that was close at hand, weighed it again and again in his heart, and finally resisted the urge to drive straight in, turned his head to Ji Gang on the side and said in a deep voice: "All the civil and military officials who did not show up were detained, and they will wait for this king to slowly fall." With that, he turned his horse's head and led a group of his own soldiers away.

Ji Gang bowed to the side, looking at Zhu Di's distant back, and couldn't help but feel a fear in his heart, if the former commander of the army who fought on the battlefield made him afraid, it was already done, and he was able to stop in front of the palace, and His Royal Highness King Yan, who maintained the last calm, let him understand what is called the emperor's mental technique.

Yang Rong was intimidated by Ji Gang's knife, although his face remained calm, his vest was still soaked in cold sweat unconsciously, and he naturally didn't have a good face for Ji Gang and his subordinates.

Ji Gang looked at the civil and military officials who were silent in front of Hongwu Gate, and looked at Yang Rong, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, with great interest, and suddenly laughed: "Lord Yang has a look of disdain, but he regards Ji as a fox and a fake tiger?" ”

Yang Rong snorted coldly in his nose, and simply gave him a default.

Ji Gang was not annoyed when he saw this, and suddenly chuckled: "Based on what Ji has seen, even if Lord Yang is full of poetry and books, and he is in Hanlin, today's offense to dissuade His Royal Highness King Yan from risking death is quite similar to that of mere people. "If he replaced Ji Gang, a down-and-out scholar who was kicked out of the academy in the past, he would naturally be ashamed of himself in the face of these nobles who were in the Hanlin Academy and represented the first class of the Ming Imperial Examination. It's a pity that when he followed Zhu Di's side and attacked the queen of Jingshi Yingtian without blood, today's Conglong hero Ji Gang is already like two people compared with the past.

Yang Rong heard that this guy, who was only a few thousand households in the official residence, did not look like a vulgar military man at all, and he couldn't help but be quite surprised in his heart, and asked lightly: "I don't know how the lower officials compare with you?" ”

Ji Gang said coldly: "Ji is a gambler, why doesn't Lord Yang gamble with his life?" Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth pursed a sneering smile and continued: "Ji's bet was made before the outcome was decided, but Lord Yang's bet was after the loss was remedied. Speaking of this, he turned his head to the hundreds of households behind him, and the sergeant shouted: "The civil and military officials who have not greeted His Royal Highness King Yan in front of the palace today may be traitors in the court who have separated the royal flesh and blood, and they will go with the official to get people." Yan Ba led a group of murderous soldiers to rush away, ignoring the civil and military officials in front of Hongwu Gate who looked at him angrily.

In Yingtian City, in the Yanwang Mansion under the cover of night, Zhu Di, who was full of worries, heard the report from his own soldiers, saying that Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, wanted to see him, and couldn't help but stand up from behind the desk.

Zhu Quan, who was wearing armor, immediately bowed down after entering the study, and said respectfully: "Congratulations to the imperial brother for his great success." Recalling that in the past, he used to call Zhu Di the fourth brother, there was no one around, and when the two were alone, they even called "Zhu Laosi", and today they call "Brother Huang" because since the Yan army was bloodless and won the Ming Jingshi Yingtian, all the cynicism when he got along with Zhu Di in the past will go with the wind and never look back.

When his soldiers left the study with hot tea, and there were only two people in the study, Zhu Di couldn't help but ask softly: "What about him?" ”

"When the foolish brother entered the palace, he saw the fire in Fengtian Temple, and his person was nowhere to be found." Zhu Quan slowly put down the teacup, turned his head with a smile on his face, and looked at Zhu Di eloquently.

"Bastard." Zhu Di's face couldn't help but sink suddenly when he heard this, he stretched out his hand and slapped it heavily on the desk, glared at Zhu Quan and said coldly: "Could it be that Brother Feixian still wants to compete with Brother Wei?" "When the palace was in turmoil, many eunuchs and palace maids fled from the palace and were held by the Yan soldiers, and several people once confessed that before leaving the palace, they had seen Zhu Quan in front of the burning Fengtian Hall and Zhu Quan, the king of Ning. Zhu Di heard Zhu Quan's vague words at the moment, how could he not be angry and angry?

Zhu Quan is also a person who has thousands of troops and horses, and has walked through a few times in the sea of blood in the corpse mountain, seeing that the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty is so angry and out of shape, there is no panic on his face, and he said slowly: "Brother Huang, when he was in Daning in the past, the younger brother had already surrendered. Today, he has long been no longer qualified to compete with the imperial brother. It is difficult to raise troops to follow you, but I hope to follow you before and after the saddle, protect your wife and children, and be a free prince like an idle cloud and a wild crane. ”

Zhu Di heard his soft words of calling the imperial brother like this, and recalled that in the past when Zhu Quan led the troops to follow him, between the victory and defeat of the southern army, Zhu Quan's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had already been deliberately dispersed by himself and divided into the henchmen Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and others, and this slippery Zhu Quan had never pretended not to know, and the anger in his chest couldn't help but dissipate for two points, slowly sat down behind the desk, and asked lightly: "What do you mean?" ”

"At this moment, the gates of the capital division have been blocked by the army, and it can be said that it is difficult to fly. If you are the emperor's brother, you will not give up until you meet him face to face, and you can order the army to search from house to house. Speaking of this, Zhu Quan looked at Zhu Di, who was staring at him intently, and sighed lightly: "From what the younger brother can see, such a big problem is difficult to decide, so it is better to let it go with the wind, and never face it in public. Maybe there is no answer, but the best answer to this matter is this. ”

Zhu Di snorted coldly, frowning and silent.

In the dead of night, in the living room of King Ning's mansion, Zhu Quan looked at his henchmen Jing Jun and Sima Chao, who came by order, and suddenly asked in a deep voice: "Now that King Yan has completed his success, he will ascend to the throne in a few days, what are your long-term plans?" ”

Sima Chaoshang was immersed in the joy of the great victory, and stood up impromptu and replied: "Subordinates should follow ......."

Jing Jun stood up and interrupted the words of the righteous brothers and said: "The two brothers are stupid, they are really unbearable, and it is a fluke to survive from the battlefield in a few years. I dare to ask His Highness to be extra gracious and allow the last general to return to the field. When he was young, he also had great ambitions, hoping to follow His Royal Highness King Ning to make meritorious contributions and be knighted, but he had heard and witnessed the death of Prince Zhu Biao of Yiwen, Lan Yu, Duke of Liangguo, Feng Sheng, Duke of Song, Fu Youde, Duke of Yingguo, and Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, and other founding ministers. In the past, he followed Zhu Quan to rebel and rebel, just to repay His Royal Highness King Ning in the past for his kindness and reuse. At present, the Yan army has invaded the Beijing Division, and the ascension of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, to the throne is just around the corner, and his two brothers have always been the confidants of King Ning, and then lead the troops to follow Zhu Quan, which is definitely not conducive to His Royal Highness, so when he heard Zhu Quan's question, he had vaguely guessed his intentions, and immediately replied like this.

Sima Chao couldn't help but widen his eyes when he heard such unexpected words from Brother Jieyi. In his opinion, he followed King Ning, His Royal Highness King Yan fought on the battlefield, and finally picked up an old life, even if it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, who took over the throne, he must be rewarded for his merits, given the title of marquis, and named his wife and son, right?

Zhu Quan heard Jing Jun's words, and couldn't help but sigh: "The rapid retreat is called knowing the opportunity." The king of Ming Japan will tell the imperial brother that the two of you will be relieved and return to the field. ”

Although Sima Chao didn't understand why Jing Jun gave up the glory and wealth that was about to come, he had always believed in his resourceful eldest brother in his heart, and when he heard His Royal Highness King Ning say the same thing, although his face was full of extremely reluctant looks, he just stopped talking in a muffled voice.

Seeing Sima Chao's face full of unwillingness, Zhu Quan stood up and walked to his side, stretched out his hand and patted him heavily on his broad shoulder, and said earnestly: "As the so-called people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, in the past, we fought on the battlefield, all we wanted was to save the lives of our whole family, where would we dare to hope that there would be a move to capture the capital today?" If you don't understand what it means to be successful and retire today, let's wait until your children and grandchildren are full. ”

At the beginning of the morning, Zhu Di, who was sitting alone in the study for a night, reported to his henchman Ji Gang, saying that the Jingshi was all under the control of the Yan army, and those civil officials and their families who refused to go to Hongwumen to greet Wang Jia yesterday had been detained, and secretly thought to himself: What Lao Seventeen said is good, since this big problem makes this king unable to start, then why does this king have to pursue it hard and ask for trouble? After making up his mind, he immediately passed down a military order, asking Zhu Neng, Qiu Fu and other generals guarding the city gates to open the city gates, and let the people who had entered the city to take refuge in panic when the army was approaching the capital division and returning from the city.