Wuying Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered people to close the door.

The door of the large hall slowly closed, and the room suddenly became dark.

Under the light of candles, it gradually brightened again.

"Dad, why are you closing the door in broad daylight?" Zhu Di scratched his head and said.

"Dad, what are you looking for?"

Zhu Yuanzhang did not answer.

After a while, Zhu Di was surprised to find that his father had taken out a rattan out of nowhere.

"Get on your knees!" Zhu Yuanzhang's voice roared like a tiger.

Zhu Di felt weak for a while, and slowly knelt down: "Dad!" Is there anything we can say? ”

"Don't call me daddy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang has already set out with a rattan in hand.

Close the door and beat my son!

Zhu Di hurriedly changed his words: "Father, the minister has already taken care of the matter of Nai'er, and the person is in Beijing, you can cut off his head at any time!" ”

"It's not that Na'er doesn't spend, it's that you don't respect the emperor's grandson!"

Bang Bang Bang!

Zhu Di didn't dare to hide, let alone run, kneeling there and hugging his head to be beaten.

"And you sent someone to rob Yun Wei of one million taels of silver, do you think your father's eyes are blind?"

Zhu Yuanzhang incarnated as a martial arts master, waving a rattan: "As for the you did, Dad knows it clearly!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di became more and more panicked.

"Hurry up and send the money back!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said, but the rattan in his hand did not stop.

While whipping, he asked loudly: "The imperial grandson is the prince, do you want to rebel if you disrespect him?" ”

Rebel...... I'd like to, but you're still there!

Zhu Di immediately shouted: "Dad, the world belongs to our family, what kind of door do I make!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang crossed his waist with one hand and pointed at Zhu Di with the other: "This world belongs to your eldest brother's family, not your family!" ”

No one knows how heavy this sentence weighs in Zhu Di's heart.

It's like an ordinary family, and the father suddenly told the youngest son that in the future, all the family property will be your eldest brother's, and you won't have a dime.

Only he knows what the younger son thinks in his heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to see his son's loss and threw the rattan: "Get up." ”

The father and son were speechless for a long time.

Zhu Di just lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said: "Fourth, you are the most like me." ”

Zhu Di raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of hope.

This sentence seems to be the best thing he has heard in more than 30 years.

Zhu Yuanzhang said with emotion: "Over the years, you have been born and died, you went out of the Great Wall to kill the enemy at the age of twenty, and you have been guarding the north for more than ten years, you are brave and strategic, and you are the most like me among all the princes." ”

He affirmed, and then the conversation shifted.

"It's a pity that you're not the second, after your eldest brother left, Dad only wronged you."

"Daddy!" Zhu Di's eyes were red.

He knew that the second brother, King Qin, was incompetent and notorious.

If he is made the crown prince, not only will the brothers not accept it, but also the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not accept it.

If you are the second child, this big position is still a fart of the imperial grandson!

I only hate myself for being born a few years late!

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to comfort: "Last year, my father thought about passing on the throne to you, and asked the minister, but they didn't agree, and my father had no choice but to make the emperor and grandson." ”

In fact, Lao Zhu really thought about making Zhu Di the crown prince.

"Yan Wang is like me, I want to stand up" is not empty words.

Because Zhu Yuanzhang was preparing for a large-scale conquest of the Western Regions at that time.

He asked the crown prince Zhu Biao to tour the west to elect the national capital, which was also for this reason.

Lao Zhu tried to move the capital to Xi'an, and he had a far-reaching intention to expand in the northwest!

Further unify the country!

Zhu Yuanzhang was an ambitious founding emperor.

Powerful dynasties such as the Han and Tang dynasties all controlled the Western Regions.

He felt that if the Ming Dynasty couldn't control the homeland of the Western Regions, how could he brag about "going far away from the Han and Tang Dynasties" in the future?

Lao Zhu himself felt shameless.

At that time, there were three main forces in the northwest.

Namely, Hameri (now Hami, Xinjiang), Beshbali (now Jimsar, Xinjiang), and Samarkand (now in Uzbekistan).

All of them are related forces of the former Dayuan regime, and they are all within the radiation range of the Chagatai system.

In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang had a heavy army in the northwest.

He also sent Wei Duke Xu Huizu (Xu Da's eldest son), Cao Guogong Li Jinglong (Li Wenzhong's son), Liang Guogong Lan Yu, Huixian Bo Sang Jing (Sang Shijie's son), Governor Ma Jian, and commanded Yan Lin, Zhu Ming, Xu Zhen, Chen Yi, Xun Wei, Xu Zengshou (Xu Da's second son) and others to Shaanxi and other places to defend the border.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Lan Yuxi to try his hand at the knife, just to clear the way to clear the little minions and familiarize himself with the environment.

If you want to go west on a large scale, send troops from the easternmost Jingshi of the Ming Empire to the westernmost part.

It's hard to think about, let alone the fourteenth century, when transportation was not developed.

Therefore, moving the capital to Xi'an will solve the command and logistics problems very well.

It's a pity that all these preparations ended with the death of the crown prince Zhu Biao!

Zhu Biao's death disrupted Zhu Yuanzhang's great strategic goal of trying to "reach the Han and Tang Dynasties" in the northwest!

The strongest period of a dynasty is the first few decades of the founding of the country, and the further it goes, the worse it is.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that if he couldn't take the Western Regions within ten years, the Ming Dynasty would lose the Western Regions forever.

History proves that the army of the Ming Dynasty stopped in Hami City, and later retreated in front of Jiayuguan in Gansu Province, thousands of miles away!

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that the conquest of the Western Regions might be protracted, and if he died suddenly, who would be the successor to inherit his dream?

Only Yan Wang Zhu Di!

In terms of expanding the territory, you have to be the fourth!

That's why Zhu Yuanzhang said the words "King Yan is like me, and I want to stand up".

It's a pity that the prince's group is unwilling to move the capital, let alone conquer the Western Regions.

The establishment of the martial King Yan as the crown prince is even more collectively opposed.

Not only civil officials oppose it, but even many martial artists oppose it.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of skipping the second, third and fourth, which might cause the brothers to turn against each other.

and the unclear system of succession to the throne in the future, which will lead to frequent incidents of the royal family seizing the heir.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately vetoed Zhu Di's idea.

This also means that the plan to conquer the Western Regions has been abandoned.

looked at Zhu Di, who was still moving.

Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly: "Fourth, today's beating, and the words that my father told you, don't blame me in your heart." ”

"My son never blamed his father!"

Zhu Di said with tears in his eyes.

All these years, he has always wanted to be recognized by his old father.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued: "The name of the monarch and the minister has been decided, Yun Xi is the grandson of the emperor, you can't be like this in the future, remember?" ”

"Remembered."

Zhu Di said this, but he felt very twisted in his heart.

There is nothing more tragic in the world than being snatched away without any suspense when something you want is snatched away.

But he can only accept the reality with his eyes.

How can Yunxi's nephew He De be the prince?

This question is not only Zhu Di has been thinking about.

The kings of Qin and Jin also wanted to ask from time to time.

Zhu Yuanzhang's voice interrupted Zhu Di's thoughts.

"It's a long journey, you can live in Beijing for a while, and you can go back whenever you want, for half a year at most."

"Yes, Father." Zhu Di should go down.

Zhu Yuanzhang came out of the Wuying Palace, and turned around to kill: "The one million taels of silver, you can write back to Beiping now and let them send it to Jingshi." ”

After a pause, he added: "You personally send it to the East Palace and hand it over to Yun Xi." ”

“......”

Zhu Di finally couldn't hold it back, and tears flowed down uncontrollably.