Chapter 14: Interesting vassal kings

Zhu Zhi, Zhu Yuanzhang's fifteenth son, was named King Wei before he was even a year old.

If he is titled, he will be in Henan when he becomes an adult, and he will live a peaceful life from now on.

But in the twentieth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang fully recovered Liaodong, and Zhu Zhi's fate began to change dramatically.

In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Zhi changed the title of King of Liao, sealed the country of Guangning, and the guard army was about 4,000 people.

However, the situation in Guangning was very unstable, coupled with the difficulty of transportation in Liaodong and the lack of manpower, Zhu Zhi went to Guangning to take up the domain, and even the palace was not completed, so he could only be stationed by the river.

The north wind was whirring, and Zhu Zhi's heart was cold.

But Lao Zhu still loves him, and in order to warm him, he married Guo Ying's daughter to him as a princess.

Originally, Guo Ying's sister was Lao Zhu's concubine, but now she is a child and daughter's family, which is a kiss and a kiss.

It is said that the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, and the more she looks at it, the more pleasing it is to the eye, and Guo Ying, the father-in-law, is not far behind.

I heard that Zhu Zhi was cold by the river, so he didn't say a word, and he took people to work hard, all night, day and night.

In the end, the people who were able to build the Quang Ninh Royal Mansion were full of complaints and miserable.

After the news reached Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu crackled and reprimanded, and told Guo Ying not to let the soldiers of the border army work to death, in case others resisted, it would be troublesome.

Although Guo Ying loved his son-in-law, he didn't dare not listen to Lao Zhu's orders, so he stopped the construction of the palace.

When the news reached Zhu Zhi, his heart was half cold.

However, the children and grandchildren of the old Zhu family are all iron-clad, and Zhu Zhi is naturally not bad.

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, Song Sheng, the governor of the capital, led the guards of the Liao Wangfu, and the governor Liu Zhen led the guards of the Ning Wangfu, and commanded Zhuang De to order 30,000 guards to go north to Heilongjiang to carry out military strikes against the Jurchen tribe of the Wuzi in Haixi.

In the end, the Jurchen tribe was defeated.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with this, and immediately ordered the expansion of the Liao Wangfu guards.

Zhu Zhi thought to himself, there are more people under him, and the construction of the Liao Wangfu should be no problem, right?

Lao Zhu said, you think too much, go and help your fourth brother Zhu Di get rid of Hulu.

Well, it's been thirty-one years in Hongwu.

Lao Zhu also said that although Hu Lu was far away, we couldn't be unguarded, so he handed over the power to Zhu Di. All orders are subject to the temperance of King Yan.

As a result, Zhu Di and Zhu Quan wore a pair of pants, and people hugged together to keep warm, leaving Zhu Zhi cold.

After Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he even suspected that Zhu Zhi was in a group with them, and specially ordered Zhu Zhi to return to Nanjing.

Zhu Zhi, who was already half cold in his heart, came directly to his heart.

After Zhu Di was forced by Zhu Yunwen to fight against Jingjing, Zhu Zhi was so happy in his heart, he said that there is reincarnation in heaven, and who will be spared by the sky, so he hurriedly asked Zhu Yunwen to change his title to Jingzhou in order to clear up his relationship with Zhu Di.

However, unexpectedly, the dignified court was defeated by the fourth brother Zhu Di, who only had a place in Beiping.

Now Zhu Zhi was embarrassed.

At the beginning, Zhu Di raised an army and was in trouble, and the three closest kings were himself, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and Zhu Lu, the king of the valley.

Others, King Ning is a hero who fights the world together, and King Gu is a good brother who opened the gate of Jinchuan, and he ......

What are you?

Zhu Zhi couldn't figure it out, so he had to go to Nanjing to ask Zhu Di.

Zhu Dixin said, you are a 200 boy, what kind of bicycle do you want? Don't go back to Liaodi, don't you like Jingzhou? Then go for it!

After arriving in Jingzhou, Zhu Zhi adhered to the principle of having more children and causing less trouble, and did not give Zhu Di a chance to find fault.

But Zhu Di's eyes did not take his eyes off him, and kept staring at his every move.

Later, he didn't even bother to charge the Internet, and directly cut his guards, the honor guards, clean.

In the twenty-second year of Yongle, Zhu Zhi ended his forty-seven years of sad fate depressed.

It is said that if he dies, he will live in peace, but Zhu Zhi will not live in peace when he dies.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, led people to dig up Baling Mountain in Jingzhou due to the lack of military funds for rebellion.

And this mountain is where Zhu Zhi's grave is located.

King Chuang and others saw that there were many treasures in Zhu Zhi's tomb, and they immediately ransacked them, and even Zhu Zhi's remains were thrown outside the tomb.

Zhu Guanwen sighed, and even looked at Zhu Zhi's eyes changed.

However, Zhu Zhi asked for a change of seal, but he couldn't easily agree, so he said in embarrassment: "Uncle Liao's fief was personally finalized by the emperor's grandfather, and now that the emperor's grandfather has just passed away, how can I change his will?" ”

"No, Your Majesty, the minister was still the king of Wei before, and it was his father who thought that Hu Lu was not extinguished, and let the minister go to Liaodong, but over the years, Hu Lu has long been far away, and the minister really can't stand the cold over there!"

As he spoke, he secretly pinched his thighs, ignoring the etiquette in front of the palace, scooped up his trouser legs and pointed them to Zhu Guanwen and others: "This is all frostbite in winter!" ”

"If this continues, this leg of the minister will be gone.... Woowoo woo ....."

Seeing that Zhu Zhi was crying more and more sad, Zhu Guanwen looked up at several vassal kings and found that their faces were full of contempt, obviously not believing Zhu Zhi's nonsense.

But Zhu Guanwen felt that this was a good opportunity, so he coughed lightly and said: "I understand Uncle Liao's suffering, but the Zhu family has always been self-improving, and if others give it, how can he earn his own comfort?" ”

"Huh?"

When Zhu Zhi heard Zhu Guanwen's words, he was slightly stunned: "Your Majesty, what does this mean?" ”

"The meaning is very simple, since Uncle Liao wants to change his fiefdom, then play a game with me, and if you win, I will promise you, if you lose, then stay in Guangning honestly, how about it?"

"This...."

Zhu Zhi hesitated, subconsciously looked at the kings, and found that their faces were full of surprise.

It's not that they're surprised at the absurdity of 'game for fiefdoms', but the meaning behind the game.

If Zhu Zhi really won, and Zhu Yunwen changed his fiefdom for him, what about the other vassal kings?

In case other vassal kings also want to change their fiefdoms, this banquet will become an alternative 'cup of wine to release military power'.

After all, there are so many territories in the Ming Dynasty, you want to go to good places, others want to go to good places, who will go to bad places?

If you don't agree to change your fiefdom, does it mean that you want to rebel?

Since you don't want to rebel, shouldn't you hand over your fiefdoms, hand over your military power, and move somewhere else?

Thinking about it carefully, Zhu Quan and Zhu Lu glanced at each other, their faces full of worry.

They now hope that only Zhu Zhi wants to change his fiefdom, and the rest of the vassal kings are unmoved.

But I'm afraid of what's coming.

Seeing that Zhu Zhi had such a good opportunity, Zhu Yang, the king of Min, also wanted to try his luck, so he cried and stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister also wants to play games!" ”

"Eighteen brothers, don't mess around!"

Zhou King Zhu Hu saw Zhu Yang stand up, his face changed, and before Zhu Guanwen could speak, he shouted loudly.

"I'm not messing around, I also want to change fiefdoms!"

Zhu Yang cried while fighting for the opportunity to play games at Zhu Guanwen, completely ignoring the eyes of Zhu Quan, Zhu Lu and others.

Thinking of the sand he ate in Gansu and the suffering he suffered in the wild land of Yunnan, he felt extremely aggrieved.

I'm only in my twenties, why do I have to suffer so much?

Now that you have the opportunity to change your fate, why can't you win a Bo?

You brothers, you just can't see the good of others!

Indignant in his heart, Zhu Yang touched a piece of ginger out of nowhere, and smeared it on his eyes, which were as red as a monkey's buttocks.

Tears couldn't stop flowing out.

Zhu Guanwen looked at his appearance, couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart that this King Min was a little interesting.