Zhu Zhan is an absolutely smart person.

What is called retreat as advance, Zhu Zhanrong is called retreat as advance, and he is not leaving room for improvement, but also cautiously tempting.

said that he left no room for anything, because he didn't even see the face of Zhu Zhanyan, a cousin, and only let his son send a body.

I'm all dead, so forget it.

Although Zhu Zhan Yan didn't say it, it was actually what he meant, playing the famous card of Han culture "the dead are great", which made Zhu Zhan Yan a little more unbearable when he didn't do it.

But at the same time, Zhu Zhanrong kept carefully testing Zhu Zhan's bottom line.

Why are Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong jealous of King Wu? Isn't it because of their identity as the concubine of Emperor Hongxi? Isn't it because of this status that they have the potential to become candidates for the throne?

Therefore, in the eyes of King Wu, it is not Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong who are threatening, but the identity of Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong's son-in-law of Emperor Hongxi.

According to the rule of "the descendants are different, the young and the old are orderly", it is not only Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong who are threatened, but their descendants are also threatened.

In the rule that the elders are different and the young are orderly, the most important thing is that the grandchildren are different, and the second is the order of the elders and the young.

This is also why in the line of King Wu, it is clear that Zhu Zhanqi has conscientiously governed Xiangzhou Mansion over the years, not to mention that he has made a lot of contributions, but it can be regarded as a very hard work, but he is still inferior to Zhu Zhanqi in the ranking order.

If all other external reasons are discarded and not just the rules, in the case of the death of the orthodox emperor and the absence of heirs, Zhu Zhanrong will be the candidate for the new monarch of the Ming Dynasty, and after Zhu Zhandong, it is naturally Zhu Zhandong's son Zhu Qiyong.

Then there was Zhu Qiyong's son Zhu Jianshu, and then Zhu Jianshu's son Zhu Youshu......

Therefore, for the Wu Wang lineage, it is not only Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong who are threatened, but the bloodline and identity of these two people.

However, Zhu Zhan used his own life, and was even ready to add his son's life in exchange for the life of his grandson and descendants.

At the same time, Zhu Zhanrong did not directly do it in one step, but a little temptation, which is why Zhu Qiyong did that kind of thing in front of Zhu Zhanrong.

That's Zhu Zhan Rong gambling!

If you win the bet, your son and grandson will be saved; If you lose the bet, it doesn't matter, there is a high probability that you can save a grandson.

Of course, all of this ultimately depends on Zhu Zhanyan's thoughts.

After all, on the surface, it is King Wu who controls everything, and when Zhu Gaoxu has been ignoring political affairs for many years, it is Zhu Zhan Yan who controls King Wu.

Under normal circumstances, no one will do things absolutely, after all, there is a saying: leave a line in life, and see each other in the future.

Ordinary people are still like this, Zhu Zhan and Zhu Zhan are still blood relatives, and it is even more ugly.

If it's too ugly, what do you make the other vassal kings think? There is also the killing of blood relatives, how do you make the world think of you?

Of course, it is not ruled out that Zhu Zhanyan may directly do things, after all, Zhu Zhanyan's previous style of acting has always been very unexpected.

However, as the saying goes, it is in the people who make things happen, and it is in the sky to make things happen, if Zhu Zhanyan really makes up his mind to do things absolutely, then it is useless to say anything, after all, it is Zhu Zhanyan who has the advantage at the moment, and the advantage is not ordinarily big.

……

It was night, the Ming army camp.

For Zhu Zhandong, Zhu Zhanyan still cares more.

Zhu Zhanyong is nothing, that person is a mediocre talent, not outstanding, but at worst, he does not lose the face of the old Zhu family, unlike Zhu Zhanjun, who has repeatedly killed innocent people with a cane.

But Zhu Zhan is different.

Zhu Zhandong in history played a very important role in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the first year of Hongxi and the fourteenth year of orthodoxy.

In May of the first year of Hongxi in history, Renzong Zhu Gaochi died of illness, and Zhu Zhanji, who was already the crown prince at that time, was in Nanjing.

At that time, in order to keep a hand behind, Queen Zhang asked Zhu Zhanyong to temporarily supervise the country.

It is conceivable that once something goes wrong with Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanyong will replace Zhu Zhanji and become the new monarch of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Zhanyong's talent is mediocre, and Zhu Zhanji has the reputation of "Good Saint Sun" in the early days of Yongle, so he has obtained a lot of resources, and almost all the resources of the entire royal family are tilted to his side.

Therefore, although Zhu Zhanyong was in charge of the country at that time, it was actually Queen Zhang's who handled government affairs, and Zhu Zhanrong was also involved.

At the same time, because of this incident, Zhu Zhan planted a seed for him when he was captured in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy.

In September of the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen drove a personal expedition, because he was too willful and listened to the slander of the eunuch Wang Zhen, which eventually led to the Tumubao Change.

The emperor was captured, and the whole country was in a panic, although Sun Ruowei was unwilling at this time, she also knew that she had to push someone up, otherwise not only would Daming be completely chaotic, but her son would also be unsafe.

At this time, Zhu Zhandong, who had helped deal with political affairs in the first year of Hongxi, once again entered people's field of vision.

However, Zhu Zhan is very smart, he knows that with Sun Ruowei here, it will be difficult for him to hold real power even if he is elected as the new monarch, and once the orthodox emperor returns, he will become a very embarrassing existence.

Therefore, he strongly recommended Zhu Qiyu, the second son of Emperor Xuande, as the new monarch, although Sun Ruowei did not like Zhu Qiyu, but compared with Zhu Zhandong, Zhu Qiyu is undoubtedly a better person to control.

In the end, Zhu Qiyu, who was originally the king of Yu, was driven to the shelves and became the new monarch of the Ming Dynasty, with the year name Jingtai.

In the past, Zhu Zhanji always felt that his arrival would change a lot of things, such as the current territory of the Ming Dynasty, and then his cousin Zhu Zhanji, and the Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu who disappeared because of his intervention.

However, he only now realizes that although his arrival has changed a lot of things and changed many people, there are still many people who have not been affected by him.

For example, the old man, he is still the Yongle Emperor who wants one generation to do three generations, but in the end he has no choice but to hand over the matter to future generations.

For example, Yu Qian, he is still the same Yu Qian who is full of the world, not the Zhu royal family.

Another example is the current Zhu Zhandong, who is still the "solemn and vigilant, quite famous" Xiangwang Zhu Zhandong.

His arrival has changed some people, for example, his cousin Zhu Zhanji is no longer the Xuande Emperor of Renxuanzhi in history, but a villain who colludes with Wara just to get rid of his henchmen.

However, he has not been able to change people like Yu Qian and Zhu Zhandong.

"Where are you going?"

Zhu Zhanyan, who was sitting not far from the gate of the camp, was originally in a quiet daze, but he suddenly spoke, scaring some people.

"Uh......"

Zhu Ping stopped, but he didn't dare to turn around, and he was a little embarrassed for a while.

"You are my guard, you are directly subordinate to me, some things, you have done it, I know you are for my good."

"But I don't want that to happen a second time."

patted his butt and stood up, Zhu Zhanyan turned around and looked at Zhu Ping quietly.

"Your brother is dead, not my will, but because of me."

"Your father is the only son left like you, you have to think about your father."

After speaking, Zhu Zhanyan walked in the direction of the Chinese army's big tent.

……

Regarding Zhu Ping's thoughts, Zhu Zhanyan can guess some of them.

Although it is not very good to do it at this juncture and this place now, it is easy to attract criticism to Zhu Zhanyan, but Zhu Ping should not do it directly, but arrange it.

After all, if you really want to do something, there are so many opportunities, the only difference is whether you want to do it or not.

In fact, Zhu Zhanyan is a person who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals, and in his opinion, as long as you win, you can control everything, including public opinion, and people's so-called evaluation.

Especially after Zhu Ling killed Zhu Qizhen and cleared the biggest obstacle to his ascension to the throne, Zhu Zhanyan knew that it was time for his few consciences to let go completely.

However, there are some things that can be solved in a better way.

At the very least, Zhu Zhanyan didn't need to let Zhu Ping do it.

……

Suncheonfu.

Zhu Gaoxu, who has already passed the age of the sixtieth year and is heading towards the age of ancient rarity, appeared in Shuntianfu again.

The news of the death of the orthodox emperor Zhu Qizhen has spread, not only the Shuntian Mansion and the surrounding people, but also the Xiangzhou Mansion has also received the news.

If it was something else, Zhu Gaoxu wouldn't care too much about it, but at the moment, his son was very likely to ascend to the throne soon, and it was impossible for him not to come to this kind of thing.

As for him......

Ascending to the throne, this kind of idea Zhu Gaoxu had before, but as his son became more and more outstanding and more and more imposing, Zhu Gaoxu's heart slowly let go, and the idea of ascending to the throne was slowly put down.

After all, although he coveted the throne in the past, he was more angry with his eldest brother, in order to prove to the old man that he was not bad.

Now, the old man has long since died, and Emperor Hongxi died less than a year after inheriting the throne......

In Zhu Gaoxu's view, now is the era of young people, and he, the remnant of the old era, just quietly watched his son ascend to that supreme position.

As for themselves...... Even if he ascends to the throne, there is no old man, and there is no eldest brother to watch, so what's the point?

Isn't the only meaning to be able to shade future generations, so that their King Wu can completely get rid of the word king and become orthodox?

……

"You don't have to wait, it's time to deal with it, there's no need to drag it out."

In the ministry, Zhu Gaoxu was looking at the folds sent by Chen Xun and them, and made decisions one by one.

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the crimes of these corrupt officials are unforgivable, and this king sees that you have been reviewed and verified three times, and these people are sure that there is no mistake in embezzlement of ink, and the amount is huge."

"Since there is no doubt about the verification, let the Criminal Department deal with it directly."

"Yes!" Chen Xun lowered his head and picked up the letter that Zhu Gaoxu pushed over.

Dealing with corrupt officials, this is what Zhu Zhanyan has been doing since he went north this time and took over Shuntianfu again.

In fact, within the Suncheon Prefecture, especially the important departments of authority such as the Cabinet and the Six Ministries, the investigation had been completed a month ago, but it had not been dealt with.

After all, now that there is no monarch in the court, Zhu Zhan Yan is on an expedition again, although the law of the Ming Dynasty is there, and the fact that those people are greedy for ink is also there, but there is no one from the Zhu family, and it is not easy for Chen Xun to deal with these courtiers directly.

However, now that Zhu Gaochu is here, he can be regarded as having a backbone, even if Zhu Gaochu doesn't say it, Chen Xun will find an opportunity to meet Zhu Gaochu and mention it.

"Alright, put it all away."

After a brief look at these twists and turns, Zhu Gaoxu made a decision on the more urgent and those things that could not be solved because Zhu Zhanyan was not in Shuntianfu.

As for other things that are not in a hurry, Zhu Gaoxu does not plan to interfere, after all, he has not dealt with government affairs for many years.

"What's new lately?"

Compared with government affairs, Zhu Gaoxu is more concerned about where his son goes.

"Back to His Royal Highness King Wu, there is one thing." Chen Xun thought for a moment and thought of the news he had just received yesterday.

With the distance between Shuntianfu and Xiangzhou Mansion, there should be a poor information in this news, and Zhu Gaoxu did not know.

"Yesterday, Shuntianfu received news that King Yue and King Xiang were gathering troops in Nuer Gandusi, as for the purpose...... It is not clear. ”

Like Xiangzhou Mansion, there is also a gap in information between the front line and Shuntian Mansion, and Zhu Zhandong's plans and actions have not yet reached Shuntian Mansion, so Chen Xun does not know this.

"Gather forces?" Zhu Gaoxu frowned.

"How many people do Nuer Gandusi still have today? How many troops can they muster? ”

Zhu Gaoxu did not ask Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong what they were gathering troops for, because this must not be a good thing for King Wu's lineage, and there must be a plan.

If there is no plan, then Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanrong will go directly to see Zhu Zhanyan, and there is no need to gather troops.

At the very least, this can also prove that the two of them don't fully trust Zhu Zhanyan.

"The specific number is not yet known, but Your Highness, you may not know that although there have been no people in the Ming Dynasty who have migrated to Nuer Gandu Division in recent years, the population of Nuer Gandu Division is not small."

"His Royal Highness the Prince of the World's conquest of Europe left a huge wound on Europe, causing the rulers of Europe to lose their prestige, and a large number of people became displaced people, leaving their hometowns to find a chance to live."

"At that time, His Royal Highness had completely controlled the Timurid Empire and the old land of the Ottoman Empire, and the Golden Horde and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Eastern Europe were also captured by His Royal Highness, and sharpened his sword towards Western Europe and Northern Europe."

"So, the only option for those outcasts is to flee northeast through the Teutonic Knights."

"Eventually, they passed through a sparsely populated area and arrived at the place where the Beishan Jurchens were."

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu frowned when he heard this.

"So, you mean ......"

……

Zhu Gaoxu's heart was a little unhappy.

Although he knew that with the strength of Zhu Zhanyong and Zhu Zhanyong, it would not have any impact on his son, but if they swore to resist stubbornly, they would inevitably let their son fall into a bad reputation.

It's just that, because of the poor information, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know that his son had solved this problem and was moving towards that position where he was only one step away......

Take that final step!

(End of chapter)