The emperor went on an expedition, and the prince of state was established.

As soon as the news broke, everyone was shocked.

If this news alone is not worth shocking, it is even taken for granted.

After all, although the matter of the royal conquest can greatly boost the morale of the soldiers, it is also uncertain.

If there is no prince in the country, once the emperor is shrouded in horse leather, then the Ming Dynasty will inevitably be in chaos.

Moreover, this kind of thing has to be messed up even if it is placed on ordinary dynasties, let alone the special existence of Daming.

Everyone can imagine that if the prince is not established and the emperor dies in battle, the king of Wu will quickly attack and occupy the position of the orthodox heir.

However, this is just the thoughts of ordinary people, but anyone who has a little sense of smell, or a little bit of power, has smelled the difference this time.

The canonization of the national reserve is a very serious matter.

If you follow the normal process, not only can you be canonized in the Fengtian Palace, but the emperor must personally take people to sacrifice to the Sheji Altar and the Taimiao, one on the surface of heaven and earth, and the other to comfort the ancestors.

However, this time, the Ming Dynasty canonized the crown prince, not to mention that the emperor led people to sacrifice to the Sheji Altar and the Taimiao, and even the most conventional procedure of the Fengtian Hall was not sealed.

It's intriguing, but combined with the second news, those with a bit of a political sense can guess what happened.

The second news is that King Wu moved out of the palace, but instead of staying in the Han Wangfu in Shuntianfu, he went to Tongzhou, took a boat along the canal and went south to accompany the capital Ying Tianfu.

The emperor drove the expedition in person, the canonization of the crown prince was so hurried and arbitrary, coupled with the withdrawal of King Wu's lineage, many people guessed that this was a transaction.

This is what Zhu Gaoxu wants to see.

Under this transaction, it is true that they want to evacuate the center of power, but the withdrawal of the center of power does not mean that they have lost control of the Ming Dynasty.

The two most important institutions, the cabinet and the six ministries, are controlled by people from the Wu Wang line, and once the news comes out this time, anyone with a little political sensitivity can guess the thoughts of the Wu Wang line.

Therefore, although King Wu withdrew from Shuntian Mansion, his control over the court and the Ming Dynasty was not relaxed.

Even, after this incident, more officials will fall to the camp of King Wu's lineage.

After all, the emperor drove the expedition in person, and it was outside the gate, so if something happened......

Not surprising, right?

As for those who don't fall to King Wu's lineage, Zhu Gaoxu actually doesn't care very much.

These people who continue to stick to the lineage of the prince back then are nothing more than two groups.

First, they have a firm heart, not to mention that such people are threatened, and they are not easy to do anything, whether you use conspiracy or conspiracy, sugar-coated shells or frame-ups, they will not fall to you.

So it's a good thing that this kind of person can't get it, because if you get it, you have to be scared, afraid that he will stab you in the back.

Second, there is a lack of political sensitivity to see the undercurrents surging beneath the calm surface.

This kind of person is too stupid to turn around, and it is also a good thing not to get it, because there is a good saying: if you are not afraid of a god-like opponent, you are afraid of a pig-like teammate.

However, in addition to these two points, there is another point that the vast majority of people have guessed and predicted.

That was the news that Zhu Zhan Yan had left Beijing again.

It is no secret that Zhu Zhanqi has been on an expedition to Europe for many years, and the shock to people from his departure from Beijing this time is far less than the news that he came back a few days ago.

But with Zhu Zhan Yan leaving again, people felt that the two cousins were on the hook, because they had actually been enemies since the eighth year of Yongle.

This time, it is very likely that it will be the last time they meet, and everyone thinks that they are fighting together, and it depends on who gets the first victory of the expedition.

On this issue, people have different opinions, some say Zhu Zhanji, some say Zhu Zhanji.

The reason for saying that Zhu Zhan Yan is very simple, that is, Zhu Zhan Yan showed great talent as early as the eighth year of Yongle when he accompanied the grassland expedition, and in the past ten years, he has been on a perennial expedition all year round.

And what about Zhu Zhanji? If it comes to internal affairs, no one thinks that Zhu Zhanji will lose, but this is a war, the starting line of these cousins is not the same, Zhu Zhanji has more efforts, and it is really difficult for Zhu Zhanji to defeat Zhu Zhanji.

But there are also people who have different opinions, that is, no matter how Zhu Zhanji says it, he is also a royal conscription, and the increase in the morale of the soldiers is very considerable.

Besides, although the name of the good saint grandson is a little suspected of being touted, it must not all be blown out, otherwise would Emperor Taizong attach so much importance to this grandson?

As a result, what seemed to be a one-sided situation turned out to be polarized, but many people did not see it, not even those who were clamoring for their own perceived winners.

In terms of war, these two cousins are really incomparable, Zhu Zhanji ......

It can be said that there has never been a war at all, and if you insist on saying that it has been fought, it can only be the time when the rebellion of King Zhao was leveled.

But was that really counted?

As soon as Emperor Taizong's edict came out, King Zhao laid down his arms and surrendered, is this considered a war?

Therefore, they actually didn't realize that the reason why those who supported Zhu Zhanji supported Zhu Zhanji was not because Zhu Zhanji won a big victory, but because they didn't want Zhu Zhanji to win.

At this point, the result of King Wu's lineage finally reaching the top seems to be doomed, but this is what the vast majority of ordinary people do not want to see.

Cause...... Very simple......

They don't want to fight, they don't want to go to war, they don't want to put themselves, or their fathers, husbands, and children into war......

But they completely forgot how the peace of the Ming Dynasty was obtained in the past ten years.

Perhaps, they have not forgotten, but they just don't want the person who went to exchange for peace is themselves or their relatives.

They are willing to enjoy the end result, but they are not willing to give.

Even if this effort is too painful for them, someone always has to pay.

However, everyone did not expect that this seemingly gambling battle was actually not the winner in the end.

Or should I say...... Not a direct winner.

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Europe, Mediterranean coast, Duchy of Athens.

Mu Sheng was directing his soldiers to burn the corpses of the enemy, and the expression on his face was already blank.

In just thirteen days, they sank thirty-three enemy ships and destroyed more than 80,000 enemies, but the battlefield was only a small Aegean Sea.

"Daddy...... It's really going to be burned......"

Mu Bin looked at the corpses of the enemy soldiers that were stacked into a hill, and his regret was overflowing.

80,000 people, let alone in Europe that experienced the Black Death, even if it is placed in the Central Plains, where there are hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, it can be regarded as a great victory.

Mu Bin has experienced less, in the eyes of this new recruit, war may not be the most romantic thing for a man, but Zhujing is already the thing he yearns for the most.

After all, Jingguan has been the highest situation since ancient times.

"Want to build a Kyoto view?" Mu Sheng glanced at his son, with a bit of ridicule in his tone.

is the so-called knowing son Mo Ruo's father, where does he not know his son's thoughts?

"Yes......"

Mu Bin's face was happy when he heard this, but before he could express this emotion, his father's next words poured a basin of cold water on his head.

"Don't say it's Zhujingguan, as long as it's a victory that you lead your own troops to fight, you can do whatever you want with the bones of these defeated troops, but this victory has nothing to do with you, just watch it honestly."

After speaking, Mu Sheng didn't care about the disappointed expression on his son's face, but looked coldly at the piled up enemy bones.

Zhujing is indeed the highest form of flaunting the military general's military exploits, but not everyone thinks so.

Some people build a view of Beijing simply to flaunt their military exploits; Some people build the Beijing Temple to deter those enemies who have not been completely destroyed; Some people build a view of Beijing because they have a deep, deep hatred in their hearts.

And some people are too lazy to build a view of Beijing.

No matter what it is, when you reach a certain depth, a sense of boredom will arise, and for Mu Sheng, whether it is killing people or building a view of Beijing, this is the case.

If it was in Yunnan Mansion back then, if Zhu Zhanyan had always been in front of him to help him with thunder, if everything went well, if ......

In short, Mu Sheng at that time may have been very enthusiastic about the Zhujing View, but now......

Again, killing people, he was tired of killing in the Suez region, but in a year and a half, there were more than two million souls directly and indirectly hanging in his name.

He is not Zhu Zhanyan, he does not have a deep hatred in his heart, and for him, it will be annoying to do too much.

Compared to the Zhujing view of Laborious Bala, he prefers to be like it is now.

Most of the bones of the enemy were sunk into the sea, and the rest were burned.

There is no need to consider the problem of corpse decay and outbreak of epidemics, and there is no need to prepare cumbersome procedures such as lime like the Chikyokan.

Simple and efficient.

Mu Sheng didn't realize that he was more and more imperceptibly influenced by Zhu Zhanyan.

Now he only pursues efficiency, and he doesn't care about the process.

That's a good thing.

But in comparison, Mu Bin still has a long way to go.

At this time, he was watching with pity as the soldiers of the Ming army placed the fierce fire oil and various flammable materials and the bones of the enemy in layers, and then threw the fire over.

The huge and formidable flame rose suddenly, and the blazing fire reflected the red faces of Mu Sheng's father and son, and the huge heat made them subconsciously take two steps back.

At this time, they didn't know that this fire was just the beginning, just a fire source.

Next, this fire will slowly burn all over the continent under their feet.

(End of chapter)