Chapter 012: The Twenty-fifth Year of Hongwu (II)

After Zhu Biao's death, we have to start from 25 years before Hongwu.

Zhu Yuanzhang has twenty-six sons, although he is obviously biased in favor of the eldest son, after all, there are many children, and they get along the longest time, and they were born before they ascended the throne, so they must be closer, but will Lao Zhu let the eldest son simply and rudely remove his uncles one by one like Zhu Yunwen, who he could not know later?

Of course not.

However, Lao Zhu did not object to the eldest son's handling of his younger brothers who acted too much.

Just like Lao Zhu did not cover up the charges for those sons who did a lot of evil, King Lu did a series of absurd things, and in the twenty-second year of Hongwu, he himself killed himself, and he bluntly gave the word "waste" as a nickname.

and King Qin, after being poisoned to death by several old women, Zhu Yuanzhang also gave a nickname that was far from praise, and frankly said, "Those who mourn, the love of father and son; The chaser, the prince of the world. The feudal sons of I, who were elder, were the first to be sealed in Qin, and the period was Yong Suilu, and the imperial family was in order to screen the emperor. The husband is not good at morality, and he actually dies, and he is ashamed."

To put it bluntly: I just pity you, so I didn't give you a bad name.

So, apart from these princes who died before Lao Zhu, what is the attitude of the others?

Lao Zhu once gave a son an edict of admonition, which son was given, Zhu Yuan couldn't remember clearly, but it roughly meant: I am your father now, and I can protect you. When your brother ascends the throne, if you don't know how to converge, I'm afraid it will be difficult to keep a rich and noble.

Therefore, it can be seen that Lao Zhu is clear about many things in his heart.

However, for the eldest son, Lao Zhu is also very relieved.

Because Zhu Biao "did it too well", whenever his younger brothers were impeached and wanted to be punished by his father, Zhu Biao would protect him unprincipledly, and even hugged Lao Zhu's thighs and cried and begged.

The eldest son can do this to this extent, Lao Zhu feels that no matter how bad it is, it should be no problem for the other sons to keep one without worrying about food and clothing in the future.

So, here comes the problem again.

What is Zhu Biao's attitude towards his younger brothers?

There is no evidence, or it can only be logically inferred.

This has to start from the tenth year of Hongwu.

In June of the tenth year of Hongwu, Bingyin, ordered the ministers to start with the crown prince in all political affairs, and then heard about it.

Then contact a dry vassal king continued to be impeached.

Suppose that an elder brother who really protects his younger brothers to the point of being unprincipled happens to be a "filter" of government and politics, then, when someone impeaches his younger brother, he can completely suppress the matter casually, and he doesn't need to send it to Lao Zhu at all.

Zhu Biao didn't do that.

Not only that, but a large number of impeachments against various vassal kings were only recorded by later generations, such as the abduction of pregnant women, the castration of young children, the murder of people in the streets, the slaughter of villages by horses, and so on, all of which are simply sensational.

So, is there a possibility.

On the one hand, Zhu Biao wants to maintain the justice of the imperial court, and on the other hand, he has to fulfill his brother's duties, so while not stopping these impeachments that make his father disappointed at a glance, he also pleads with his younger brothers unprincipledly?

Human nature is complex.

However, it is not so complicated.

It is more likely that Zhu Biao just wanted the old emperor to see these bad things of his brothers, so that he could act confidently against his younger brothers after winning the military power and the court power in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu.

Let's talk about Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude.

From the old emperor's letters, it can be seen that he also knows the thoughts of his eldest son, but the terrifying evil things of his sons make him feel that he needs to clean up, otherwise, the country that he has finally laid down may be destroyed in the hands of a group of reckless sons.

This has to go back to the nicknames that Lao Zhu gave to his sons without much concealment.

Lao Zhu is a sensible person.

So, in the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, Zhu Biao began to do it, starting with Zhu Zhang, the second son who posed the greatest threat to him, and in the process of inspecting Shaanxi, he also found a reason to bring all his henchmen to the northwest, so that Lan Yu and others took over the military power that should belong to the vassal kings of the major border towns

If Zhu Biao does not die, considering that the old emperor is still alive, what Zhu Biao will do in the future is probably to take back the military power of the Eight Great Sai Kings step by step, and temporarily let the brothers be a Taiping prince who has no real power and only enjoys wealth.

It's a pity that Hongwu twenty-five years is a big joke.

Big joke.

Then, the spotlight of the Ming Dynasty once again returned to Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been marginalized step by step before.

What is Lao Zhu's attitude towards the death of his eldest son?

In fact, it's just a typical Chinese parent.

Before his son's death, he was almost about to take his position directly, anyway, he lost his military power and lost his court power, and Lao Zhu almost became an ornament, using a traditional word, this is a typical "disobedience and unfilial piety". However, as a typical Chinese parent, the son is not filial, but it is not a reason for parents not to love their children, on the contrary, they are still unprincipled favoritism and accommodation.

This can be seen from the treatment of Zhu Biao after his death.

After Zhu Biao's death, he enjoyed the treatment of the "Nine Great Sacrifices" every year, which was not only the specifications of the emperor, but even far exceeded the emperors of previous dynasties. As a comparison, after Lao Zhu's death, what he enjoyed was only the standard "three major festivals" specifications every year.

The three-fold gap shows Zhu Yuanzhang's mentality.

In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, when Zhu Biao passed away, the old emperor looked back on his life, lost his father in his youth, lost his wife in middle age, and lost his son in his old age.

So, the old emperor collapsed.

When he first sat on this country, the old emperor had too many naïve ideas.

I hope that the sons will defend the country, I hope that the courtiers will always be together, and I hope that the people will live and work in peace and contentment...... However, with the death of the eldest son, under the strong blow again, everything that was once there was no longer important.

Then, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu.

Blue jade eucalyptus.

Traditionally, blue jade eucalyptus, like Hu Weiyong, is cooked by Zhu Yuanzhang in rabbits and dead dogs.

Of course not.

Regarding Hu Weiyong, it has already been said that it was the crown prince Zhu Biao who was purging dissidents in order to succeed him, especially Li Shanchang, who had a great influence on the court.

Besides, the goal of the 23-year purge of Hongwu was the Huaixi system, but, to be precise, it was only a part of the Huaixi system. Because, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, who took refuge in Zhu Biao, Wang Bi, the Marquis of Dingyuan, etc., are also Huaixi.

The difference is that the Huaixi system, which is still oriented to the emperor or impartially wants to stand in the middle, or the Huaixi system, which resolutely supports the succession of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

That's probably it.

From the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu to the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, it was less than a year since he lost his son, and the old emperor who had reached his old age may not have recovered from his grief.

Ordinary fathers lose their sons in their old age, and they can only grieve a little.

However, Lao Zhu is an emperor, the emperor is angry, millions of corpses are ambushed, the emperor collapses, and he will also bleed and drift.

Therefore, blue jade eucalyptus is also not a rabbit dead dog cooking.

It's just a reluctance.

Each of you, arching the fire of my son to take over, all kinds of tossing in the south and the north of the world, tossing and tossing, but tossing my son is gone, in this case, you bastards, also go with you!

This is the normal mentality of the old emperor.

So, Lan Yu Eucalyptus, Shi Zai, since the Liang Guogong Lan Yu, the Ministry of Shangshu Zhan Hui, and the Dingyuan Marquis Wang Bi below, Zhulian, 15,000 people!

The blue jade eucalyptus is an anger, in fact, there is another piece of evidence.

Two books, one "Showing the Female Cadres of the Party" and the other "Rebel Ministers".

Most people subconsciously, for Hu Weiyong's "Record of Showing the Female Cadres", it may have been issued in the thirteenth year of Hongwu.

Not really.

It is the twenty-third year of Hongwu.

The problem is that the old emperor originally had the intention of pardoning Li Shanchang and others, but he couldn't bear his son's insistence, so he allowed Li Shanchang to commit suicide, and a group of nobles were punished or degraded

The old brothers were completely nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Therefore, it is conceivable that "Showing the Female Cadres of the Party" is not Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention, it is still the prince's party that is in charge.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, Lan Yueucalyptus, only three years have passed, and Lao Zhu will definitely not forget that book.

Since you have nailed my former brothers to the pillar of shame in history, I will also fight against it and get you a copy too, and the "Records of Rebels" will be released.

In this book, there is no confession from Lan Yu, but among the important party members, Zhan Hui, the secretary of the ministry, is impressively listed.

If you read the content, you can clearly find that all kinds of trivial things, there is no perfect plan for rebellion at all.

Therefore, it is almost a farce.

In fact, this can also once again see the old emperor's angry mentality.

I don't want any evidence, I just kill you, bury my son, and publish a book for you to fight.

The truth?

Who cares about the truth anymore?

Injustice?

Wronged, wronged.

I don't care anymore.

There is also a book in the Hongwu Dynasty, which cannot be said to be a book, with only more than 2,000 words, probably around the 20th year of Hongwu, Liu Jing, the second son of Liu Ji, who is sincere, enters Beijing every year to pay New Year's greetings to Lao Zhu.

This book is called "Yu Enlu".

Among them, in just over 2,000 words, Lao Zhu is like an old man in the twilight, and a word that appears quite frequently is "good name", which is five times.

Basically, an elder is educating the younger generation, to be diligent and studious, to be self-denying, and to leave a "good name" in the history books in the future, just like his father. In just over 2,000 words, "good name" appeared five times, which shows Lao Zhu's mentality at that time, he also wanted to leave a "good name".

All this, after 25 years of Hongwu, came to an abrupt end.

Lao Zhu doesn't care about anything anymore.

Lan Yuyu was angry, and issued a notice that year, whether it was the Hu Party or the Blue Party, it would be stopped.

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I didn't expect that in less than a year, I had to "raise troops to attack it".

Whom?

Zhu Di.

In many history books, it is said that Zhu Di was a conspirator, who was ready to rebel in advance, building weapons in the basement of his own garden, and so on.

Completely disregarding the logical timeline.

Lao Zhu died in May of the 31st year of Hongwu, and King Yan raised his army in July of the first year of Jianwen, and the whole process was only a little over a year.

What happened this year?

King Zhou, King Dai, King Qi, King Min, King Xiang and other brothers were successively abolished or died, and Zhu Di himself was also fundamentally pleased, not only was the military power seized, the Yan Wang guards were transferred, but also encountered strict supervision by civil officials, and had to send all three of his sons to Jinling as hostages.

Zhu Di also tried to pretend to be crazy and stupid.

It's all about softness.

The subtext is: Nephew, let's stop here, let my uncle live.

It can be said that compared to the other brothers who have fallen into trouble, King Yan's situation is not good at all, not to mention that there is still enough time for plotting.

King Yan's army was very hasty.

Moreover, there is also a saying that among the many kings, Yanzhen is the strongest.

It's talking nonsense with his eyes open again.

Where did you put King Ning, who had 80,000 armor soldiers and still controlled Duoyan Sanwei?

So, why Yanwang?

Because Zhu Di knows very well that the above three elder brothers have all died, if Zhu Biao's family is not counted, he is actually the first heir in the legal sense, therefore, after his nephew, who has no family feelings, completes the purge of a group of weak princes, the first one is him.

has already sent his son as a hostage, and Emperor Jianwen has no sign of easing, if he doesn't retaliate, is he waiting for death?

King Yan reversed.

At the beginning, Zhu Di was completely in a weak position, chased and beaten by the officials and soldiers, like a rogue.

It wasn't until he won the military power of King Ning that he had the strength to confront the official army, however, the gap between the two sides was still very large.

No one expected that after four years of pulling and pulling, it would be ...... It's done!

In the fourth year of Jianwen, the Yan army attacked Jinling and fought a war.

Emperor Yongle ascends the throne.

This scene was officially ended because of the turmoil caused by the great change in the 25th year of Hongwu.