Heihewei.

This used to be just one of the most ordinary guards of the Ming Dynasty in Nuer Gandusi, and almost no one was stationed here, because although the strategic position here was important, because there had been no war in the north of Nuer Gandusi, and there were not even many people, this place was naturally gradually ignored.

But this is not the case.

The once ordinary guard house has begun to become unusual under the changes in the current situation, and all of this is just because it is the only way from Beishanwei to Wuliangha Sanwei.

It is also the last guard before crossing the Heilongjiang River.

After the Heilongjiang River, the south is Muli Jiwei, and then south is Fuyuwei, and then south......

It is the Duoyanwei where Zhu Zhanyan is stationed now.

In the Ming Dynasty, there is an unwritten rule that no matter who it is, as long as it is not led by the emperor himself, then you cannot lead troops into the city.

Alternatively, you can bring a few guards into the city for the night, but your soldiers must be stationed outside the city, and if you do not enter the city without the permission of the defenders, you will be punished for treason.

Of course, rules are dead, and people are alive, just like Zhu Zhanyan.

If the rules are strictly followed, it will be impossible for him to enter Tongzhou smoothly when he goes north this time, let alone take over Shuntianfu smoothly.

However, Zhu Zhan is obviously not Zhu Zhan Yan, and he does not have such privileges.

At the head of the Black River Acropolis, the defenders were staring nervously at the camp outside, working in shifts for four hours and staying on duty all night.

Outside the Heihe Acropolis, Zhu Zhan was sitting in a makeshift tent, eating quietly, and beside him was his third brother Zhu Zhan Yong.

Although Zhu Zhanyong was not controlled, the two guards behind him who were staring at him were obviously not eating dry food.

The brothers were like this, one eating, the other watching, silent, but each with his own thoughts.

In fact, after that meeting, Zhu Zhan Feng knew that his third brother was moved, and he was not satisfied with helping his sister-in-law take revenge, so Zhu Zhan Rong made preparations in advance.

It seems that he is also moved, and he is also gathering people to prepare to go south, but in fact, the people he gathered are for his third brother, which is the opposite of his third brother's idea, in order to prevent his sister-in-law's revenge.

Solemn and vigilant, quite famous.

This is the evaluation of Zhu Zhan Rong in the history books of later generations, and now it seems that Zhu Zhan Rong can afford this evaluation.

Do you have any thoughts about competing for the throne? Zhu Zhanyong made his thoughts on this issue clear at the first time, but Zhu Zhanyong was different, he put this question aside first, thought about a bigger question, and came up with an answer.

Emperor Hongxi's lineage, is there still a chance to win now?

Faced with this question, an answer emerged in Zhu Zhandong's mind, and it was also the answer closest to reality.

No.

Although he is also in the line of Emperor Hongxi, and even now he can still rank in the second ranking, he still can't convince himself, convince himself and tell himself that the Hongxi line still has a chance to win.

Be! Previously, when Emperor Hongxi died, and even when Emperor Xuande died, the Empress Dowager Zhang was able to temporarily temper Tianzheng, but this was just a face.

But now, the emperor has died, there are no heirs, and the two uncles have also been exiled to the wilderness, plus Zhu Zhan is strong......

What the Empress Dowager Zhang was able to do before does not mean that the Empress Dowager Sun Ruowei can also do it.

has no power, no generals, no soldiers, and even civil and martial arts can't be compared, leaving only a so-called historical convention of "different descendants, young and old" left for Hong Xi......

With such a Hongxi lineage, what to fight for?

Therefore, Zhu Zhanyuan followed this answer and thought of another question.

Is there any point in continuing to fight?

No.

Although he was very reluctant to admit it, Zhu Zhanrong knew that the answer to this question must be no.

When the two sides in a battle are not equal in strength, and even the cheering spectators invariably fall to one side or the other, the outcome of the battle is beyond doubt.

Perhaps, a miracle will happen at this time, but in the matter of fighting for the highest position in the world, even if you win and no one cheers you on, you will not be the one who has the last laugh.

In addition, they are in the same vein......

Da Ming, starting from a cloth cloth, Taizu Gao Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang started with a broken bowl and laid down a huge world.

Emperor Taizong raised troops and survived the death, which made the Ming Dynasty make great progress in martial arts and prestige.

Emperor Hongxi made great efforts, although he reigned for only one year, but in the Yongle years, he repeatedly supervised the country as the crown prince, and made outstanding contributions to the internal governance of the Ming Dynasty.

However......

During the Xuande Dynasty, because he was afraid of the threat of Zhu Zhan, Emperor Xuande united with Wara and wanted to attack and kill Zhu Zhan Lang in Liangzhouwei, so he even did not hesitate to use firearms as a bargaining chip to cooperate with Wara.

Not to mention today's orthodox dynasty......

The abolition of the ram science and the re-establishment of Cheng Zhu Lixue made the hard work of King Wu for several years in vain, and now the emperor was captured by the enemy, becoming the first emperor to be captured in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a shame for the Ming Dynasty......

Zhu Zhan felt that their Hongxi face had been lost, and they had even reached the point where they were speechless in the face of their ancestors a hundred years later.

From Xuande to orthodoxy, what the father and son have done is more outrageous than the other.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhan sighed softly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, and looked at the third brother who still hadn't moved the chopsticks.

If they listen to their sister-in-law's arrangement and go south to Beijing under the banner of avenging the king and eliminating traitors, it is not that there is no possibility of success, but that possibility is too slim.

The most likely result is to add a meaningless civil strife to the Ming Dynasty that will increase the burden on the court and the people, and his relatives will not end well.

It's better to abolish the clan identity, if it's bad...... It's not impossible to even sit.

"Let's eat some." Looking at the untouched meal in front of his third brother, Zhu Zhan Yan slowly spoke.

"If you don't eat it today, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat it in the future."

"Tomorrow morning, we will cross the river, and if there are no accidents, we will arrive at Fuyuwei before dark."

"There, there are already people sent by Zhan Yan's cousin, and when the time comes, ......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhan wanted to open his mouth and wanted to say the ending, but finally gave up.

That ending was not a good one, and both of them clearly understood it, so there was no need to emphasize it again and again.

"Humph!" Zhu Zhanyong snorted coldly when he heard this, and tilted his head to the side.

"With a stupid brother like you, can I still eat?"

"I don't think about how I can turn defeat into victory, but I think about kneeling and licking the enemy, is this useful? You don't think that Zhu Zhanyan's killing god will really let us go, right? ”

"I didn't think so." Zhu Zhanrong shook his head slightly, and the answer spit out of his mouth carried an air of despair, which made Zhu Zhanrong stunned.

"Didn't think so? Then why are you ......" Looking at his younger brother, Zhu Zhanyong's face was full of puzzlement.

There is no major event in life except death, if you insist on saying that there is, then it can only be "life", only the birth of life can compete with death.

He originally thought that his younger brother had arrested him and was going to send him to Zhu Zhan Yan in exchange for merit and a chance to live.

However, judging from his brother's words, it seems that he never thought so, and even ......

He seemed ready to die generously.

Zhu Zhan sighed deeply when he heard this, looked at his third brother, and opened his lips slightly: "Third brother, you don't understand ......"

——

The next day, sunset, Duoyanwei.

Zhu Zhanyan stood at the gate of the camp, and the soldiers behind him were lined up and waiting for a big battle.

But in reality, they are waiting for someone.

As winter approached, it was getting earlier and faster as it got dark, but in the afterglow of the sunset, a procession of about 2,000 people appeared in the distance, slowly approaching here.

Zhu Zhanyan raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and watched quietly.

I don't know how long it took, but that team finally came to Zhu Zhanyan.

More than 2,000 people stopped 500 meters away, and slowly separated from the middle, and a carriage slowly drove out and came to a place about ten meters in front of Zhu Zhanyan.

A man slowly got out of the carriage with the support of the guards, but ......

This person is not Zhu Zhandong, but Zhu Zhanrong's eldest son, Zhu Qiyong.

After getting out of the carriage, Zhu Qiyong raised his head, looked at Zhu Zhanyan, pinched the things in his sleeves, beckoned to the guards beside him, and then walked slowly but firmly towards Zhu Zhanyan.

Behind Zhu Qiyong, the guards divided into two groups and walked to the back of the carriage.

In a few moments, a man and a coffin were carried out of the carriage.

"Yong'er, meet your cousin." Walking in front of Zhu Zhanyan, Zhu Qiyong slowly knelt down.

Zhu Zhanyan sighed slightly, and did not look at Zhu Qiyong, but looked at the people and the coffin next to the carriage.

The person is Zhu Zhanyong, and the coffin is ......

"Your father ......" I don't know how long it took before Zhu Zhanyan slowly spoke.

"Back to Uncle Cousin." Zhu Qiyong knelt on the ground and replied with his head down.

"My father said that Emperor Taizong said that he would fight the war of three generations by himself and let future generations enjoy peace forever, but in the end he failed."

"However, most of the unfinished business of Emperor Taizong has been completed in the hands of Uncle Tang, and he has even seen the dawn of success."

"My father told me that a generation has a generational mission, this is what Uncle Tang said to Emperor Taizong when you were still in Yingtianfu, and he felt that it was very reasonable, so he relayed it to me."

He said that as the descendants of the Zhu family, we should have the belief to climb the peak, but if one day, we do not have the ability to climb the peak, then do not become an obstacle for the Zhu family to climb the peak.

When he said this, Zhu Qiyong slowly raised his head, reached into his sleeve and pulled out something.

When he saw that thing, Zhu Ping's whole body tensed, and he quickly flashed in front of Zhu Zhanyan, looking at Zhu Qiyong in front of him with a wary face.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, a dagger reflected a dazzling light in Zhu Qiyong's hand.

However, Zhu Zhanyan stretched out his hand and slowly pulled Zhu Ping aside.

"Today, Yong'er completed the first task assigned by his father, and now, Yong'er ...... his father's second one."

Without waiting for Zhu Qiyong to finish speaking, Zhu Zhanyan raised his hand, and Zhu Ping, who was pulled aside, quickly stepped forward, and the saber in his left hand flew out, shooting down the dagger in Zhu Qiyong's hand with one blow.

Seeing Zhu Ping's success, Zhu Zhanyan turned around and walked in the direction of the camp tent as he spoke.

"Whether it is an obstacle to the Zhu family's ascent to the peak, whether you say it or not, your father doesn't count, and even if I say it, it doesn't count."

……

It's night.

Late autumn on the prairie, the evening breeze is annoyingly tight, and they don't seem to be interested in you, just bent on getting into your knees, your elbows, into the cracks of your bones.

Looking at the full moon hanging in the sky, Zhu Zhan sat on the ground, feeling a little stunned.

Originally, he thought that there would be no two kinds of people in one family, just like his cousin Zhu Zhanji and his nephew Zhu Qizhen.

But today, seeing Zhu Zhanrong's coffin and Zhu Qiyong's determined look, Zhu Zhanyan knew that in this world, there are really two kinds of people in a family.

One is completely corrupted by power, and is full of nothing but power.

The other is out of the mud and unstained, knowing the big and small, public and private, and knowing what is the best outcome.

Zhu Zhanyan knew what Zhu Zhandong, a cousin who had never met a few times, thought.

He Zhu Zhanyan wants to ascend to the throne, and Zhu Qizhen, the emperor, is the biggest obstacle, but this biggest obstacle has been solved by Zhu Ling.

However, just because the biggest obstacle is solved does not mean that all the obstacles have been solved.

Just as Zhu Zhanyong, who wants to go south to Beijing, thinks, there are different grandchildren, and the young and old are orderly.

Without Zhu Qizhen, there is Zhu Zhanyong, without Zhu Zhanyong, and he Zhu Zhanrong.

Perhaps, they can think about the overall situation and the future of the Ming Dynasty and support Zhu Zhanyan's ascension to the throne, but some ambitious people will not think so.

As long as they are still there, it is difficult to say that there will not be a day in the future, when someone will hold them hostage and use them as a name to set off turmoil again in Daming.

Therefore, Zhu Zhandong's approach is not only to stabilize the current Ming Dynasty as quickly as possible, but also to stabilize the Ming Dynasty in the future.

In fact, Wu Wang Yimai has also been prepared for this for a long time.

Just as Zhu Ling committed suicide after going to the Wara camp to kill Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Gaoxu had already arranged everything for his son and thought of all the solutions.

Zhu Ling's incident, Zhu Zhanyan didn't notice it because he trusted Zhu Ling enough, but after Zhu Ling's incident, Zhu Zhanyan immediately thought of a lot of questions and sent someone to investigate.

Later, Zhu Zhanyan learned that his father had arranged so much for himself.

As mentioned before, Zhu Qizhen is the biggest obstacle to Zhu Zhan's ascension to the throne, and Zhu Zhan Yong and Zhu Zhan Yong, the concubines of Emperor Hongxi, are also obstacles to Zhu Zhan Yan after he ascends the throne.

Zhu Gaoxu originally planned to suggest that his son should use Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong in the name of expanding the territory after his son ascended the throne, and it was also to prevent another situation such as Zhu Zhanyong's rebellion and exile him overseas.

And the place of exile, Zhu Gaoxu, has long been thought of, that is, Australia, where Zhu Gaosui was exiled.

In the future, when Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong are exiled, the Xiangzhou Mansion can take action, completely solve Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhandong, and completely eliminate the hidden danger of his son.

Moreover, Zhu Gaoxu has thought about the reason.

The first choice is a shipwreck, after all, sea navigation is quite risky, and it is not uncommon to have a shipwreck or something.

Even, Zhu Gaoxu even thought about the reason for the future.

Once there was any accident, the real cause of death of Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong brothers was exposed, and Zhu Gaoxu also thought of other solutions.

(End of chapter)