On the streets of Beijing, there was a horseman on a rampage, with a flag on his back, galloping like a gust of wind, shouting: "Six hundred miles of urgency, death to those who stand in my way!" ”

But I saw that the post rider had a gold plate and hurriedly handed it over, such as the ancient feather tree, with the wooden card vermilion lacquer gold letter, the light was dazzling, and it was like flying lightning. There are eight gold characters written on this gold medal, "the text in front of the emperor shall not enter the shop".

Seeing this gold medal, everyone who looks forward to it avoids the road.

In the past, Qin Hui and Song Gaozong conspired, and within one day, twelve gold medals were issued to recall Yue Fei from the front line, using this transmission method and certificate.

Seeing this voucher, the officials passing by the post station should cheer up the spirit of 120,000 points, which means that the news transmitted by the post horse is extremely urgent, and they are not allowed to stay at the post station, which is a great matter.

The post rode non-stop, breaking into the imperial city from the nine gates of Beijing, and then to the Wenhua Palace, and finally stopped in front of the palace. The stagecoach turned over and dismounted, but he was tired and weak, and his legs were like mud and he knelt down.

Despite this, the post rider still took out the letter, lifted it above his head, and desperately dragged his body up the steps with both hands, and roared: "Six hundred miles urgently, a letter from the Shu Palace, please let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince open it in person!" ”

However, the steps were too high, and he still couldn't reach the front of the temple after all.

After exhausting this last strength, the stagecoach fainted on the spot, and he came from Chengdu, sleepless, without eating or drinking, from post to post, just to deliver the letter to Beijing in the shortest possible time.

Zhu Gaoxian walked out of the main gate, walked down the steps to the front of the post horse, and first pulled out the letter from the hand of the post rider who was clutching even if he fainted.

On the cover of the letter, with black ink on a red background, it was written "Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, presented to the Wenhua Palace, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally opened it", and after confirming that the fire paint on it was intact, he opened the letter and took out the letter inside to read it.

After reading, Zhu Gaoxian bent down and tried the snort of the fainting post rider, well, the person is still alive, but the breath is a little weak.

He raised his hand and said to the eunuch behind him: "Carry this post horse to the Tai Hospital, let the imperial doctor diagnose and treat it." ”

Lu Chaoyang, the tax envoy of the Governor's Tax Institute, Yang Rong, a cabinet scholar, Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, Su Wu, the imperial history of the left capital, and Shen Qingyu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, went with me to the Qianqing Palace to face the saint. ”

……

The high-level of the empire gathered in the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Gaoxian presented the letter sent by the King of Shu and said to Zhu Di: "Dad, this is a letter from the King of Shu, the King of the Valley of Changsha plotted to rebel, because the third son of the King of Shu, King Chongyang, was very similar to Emperor Jianwen, so the King of the Valley lured the King of Chongyang to the palace of the King of the Valley, and wanted to pretend to be the King of Chongyang, in the name of restoring Jianwen, to raise an army!" ”

Zhu Di was furious: "How dare he!" ”

The emperor had three heart diseases, one of which was the death of Empress Xu.

Second, I am afraid of being blamed by my grandfather after death.

Third, the whereabouts of Emperor Jianwen.

On June 13 of the fourth year of Jianwen, Cao Guogong united with the king of Gu to open the Jinchuan Gate of Nanjing and welcome Yanshi into the city. However, after Zhu Di led the army into Nanjing, he was not in a hurry to attack the imperial city immediately, he was waiting for Jianwen to commit suicide or surrender, in his eyes, Emperor Jianwen had no way to go except these two roads.

However, Emperor Jianwen didn't want Zhu Di to be happy, so he set fire to the Qianqing Palace. This is not for Zhu Di, he hurriedly ordered Yan Shi to attack the palace, looking for the traces of Emperor Jianwen, to see people alive, and to see corpses when he dies!

He must find Emperor Jianwen, even if he kills Emperor Jianwen with his own hands, he must get rid of this trouble. slaughtered Jianwen, at most, he was saddled with the infamy of killing a king, so what, anyway, he has carried enough crimes, and he is not afraid of bites if there are more mosquitoes.

But Emperor Jianwen is missing, this is a lot of fun, although Emperor Jianwen is not treated by big guys, but he is still the orthodox emperor, and Zhu Di is just a rebellious and usurped emperor.

Once Emperor Jianwen escaped, he could find a place to carry the banner and raise troops to make a rebellion, which would cause an uproar in an instant, and Zhu Di would not be at peace even if he sat on the throne. Even if Emperor Jianwen is really dead, as long as his body is not found, there will be some people who have a heart to make trouble in the name of this.

However, Zhu Di was unable to find Emperor Jianwen in the end, and he only found a few charred corpses in the ashes in the burned Qianqing Palace, which was unrecognizable.

Helpless, Zhu Di could only make an official announcement, saying that these charred corpses were Emperor Jianwen, Jianwen's queen, and Jianwen's eldest son Zhu Wenkui, even Zhu Di didn't believe these words, let alone others.

So far, Zhu Di is still making unremitting efforts to find Jianwen's traces, but he has never found any clues, which has become an increasingly serious heart disease in his heart, and he often wakes up in his sleep, thinking that Emperor Jianwen has brought his grandfather to him for liquidation.

It's good now, before Emperor Jianwen found it, someone was already planning to rebel in the name of Jianwen, which was undoubtedly the most heartbreaking for Zhu Di.

"Kill him! Kill him! ”

Zhu Di ignored the majesty of the emperor and shouted angrily, "I want to divide the five horses of the king of the valley, crush the bones and scatter ashes, and there is no place to bury the dead, and I will not be able to live forever!" ”

……

"He's in a hurry, he's in a hurry!"

"No, no, isn't it?"

In the world in his mind, the corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth rose, and he said, "In the past, when he was seeking power and usurping the throne, why wasn't he afraid, but now he is afraid?" It's late! ”

Uncle usurped the throne of his nephew, and his ministers seized the power of the king, such a rebellious and unreasonable behavior will become a shadow that he cannot get rid of, and let him live for the rest of his life. ”

Zhu Gaoxian said helplessly: "My father still has a little conscience, so he will feel guilty, if he is really a ruthless and unrighteous person, then he will not feel the slightest guilt." ”

"Is he guilty!"

Lao Zhu retorted, "He is obviously afraid!" In case a Jianwen emperor pops up one day, whether it is real or fake, as long as it is in the name of Jianwen, whether it is appeal or influence, it is extremely tricky. Even if there is a 'Jianwen' for Ping today, there may be a second or third tomorrow, and so on, repeatedly, making him unable to be at peace for the rest of his life, even if he dies, this matter will not end here, can he sleep? ”

Zhu Gaoxian thought about it, it was really like this.

After Li Zicheng invaded the city of Beijing, rumors spread that Emperor Chongzhen was not dead. It wasn't until the body of Emperor Chongzhen was found in the coal mountain that Li Zicheng ordered someone to display the bodies of Chongzhen and his wife outside the Donghua Gate and forcibly let everyone watch them, which made the rumors stop.

But even so, twenty years later, the last secessionist regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty collapsed, and the Qing Dynasty entered the Kangxi era, and rumors still existed. In the name of the third prince of Zhu, there were constantly people who bought people's hearts and wanted to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty tried hard to quell the rebellion, but it still failed to eradicate it, and the scalp was numb.

This "Third Prince Zhu" refers to the crown prince, King Ding, and King Yong, no one knows whether these three people are still alive, anyway, there are more than ten large-scale rebellions that broke out in the name of the third prince of Zhu during the Kangxi period.

A person who doesn't know the so-called third prince of Zhu has been tormented by the Qing Dynasty for more than a hundred years, let alone an Emperor Jianwen who is very likely to survive?

Emperor Jianwen is much younger than Zhu Di, maybe Zhu Di has been dead for twenty or thirty years, Emperor Jianwen is still alive in the world, can Zhu Di sleep?

Zhu Gaoxian asked: "Grandpa, isn't this Da Ming also your Da Ming, someone rebelled in the name of Jianwen, what are you happy about?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was embarrassed, yes, what are we happy about.

The descendants of the special family have been making trouble for a long time, and in the end, isn't it our Da Ming?

Unfilial descendants, hateful!

……

Zhu Di took a deep breath and suppressed his anger.

He knew that anger was of no use to him, and that he had to maintain the most rational state in order to deal with things.

He asked, "Prince, what do you think should be done about this matter?" ”

The old man has inadvertently developed a habit, that is, before doing things, ask Zhu Gaoxian's opinion. If there is a conflict between his own ideas and Zhu Gaoxian's, he will give priority to the other party's ideas.

Zhu Gaoxian pondered for a moment and said, "Do you still need to think about this, just him and it's over!" ”

Zhu Di was a little dizzy: "You're not kidding, are you, so casual?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course, a valley king, and not a great general." The rebellion of the king of Han can make a storm in Shandong, so I took the army of half of the province to quell the rebellion, and the king of Han stopped eating in two days. As for the King of Valley, he is not as good as the King of Han, what else do you need to think about to deal with such a stupid bird? ”

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "You may not know much about the king of the valley, the king of the valley is not good at attacking but good at defending, especially in the construction of city defense, he is even more talented, and the Changsha he guards is not so easy to capture." ”

Hongwu Dynasty when he guarded Xuanfu Town, Xuanhua City expanded into the surrounding twenty-four miles of strange city walls, set up a pass and seven gates along the city, set up the moon city and the urn city in the pass, built a suspension bridge and the imperial moat outside the city, set up a corner tower and a shop on the city, quite have the function of both attack and defense, solid as gold, the city defense of the Ming Dynasty, mostly imitate his construction in Xuanhua City. ”

He also built the Great Wall hundreds of miles from Changyukou to Dajingmen, and built the passes of Dushikou and Suoyang Pass. ”

I really suspect that King Gu belonged to Wang Ba in his last life, and he cultivated his own family like Wang Ba's shell. ”

These vassal kings of the Hongwu Dynasty are indeed capable of each other, and they are rare fierce generals in any dynasty, and it is no wonder that Lao Zhu will have great hopes for his sons and hand over the responsibility of defending the frontier to the vassal kings of the Hongwu Dynasty.

It's just that these people in the old Zhu family have a common problem, that is, "lost self-confidence" and can't see their own strength clearly.

Such as the Han King Zhu Gaoxu, such as Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, such as the last Ning King Zhu Chenhao, such as Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen......

Zhu Gaoxian pondered for a moment and asked: "Why do we have to attack, isn't it good to attack from the inside, the strongest fortress often starts from the internal rout." ”

Zhu Di asked rhetorically: "Is it a fool to be the king of the valley?" ”

"Isn't it?"

Zhu Gaoxian said, "As long as he is a normal person and has a little ability to think, the king of Gu will not swell to the point that he thinks that he can succeed in usurping the throne." ”

From the perspective of Jingying alone, two or three hundred thousand elite troops can be drawn casually, but on the other hand, on the side of King Gu, he can't get together 10,000 people with his family.

With such a huge disparity in strength, King Gu still dares to rebel?

It's no wonder that Zhu Di set this precedent.

Since Zhu Di relied on 3,000 people to win the world, he gave other vassal kings an illusion.

- I can do it too.

But what level of player is Zhu Di, and what level of player is his opponent?

Geng Bingwen, who was good at defending but not good at attacking but was forced to attack, Li Jinglong, who was suspected of being the "first god of war" who was suspected of being a fine work of King Yan, and Emperor Jianwen, a "master of micro-manipulation", who had a good game of chess but lost all the games.

Sheng Yong, the only one who can be of great use, was also defeated by Zhu Di's "wind".

But what is the configuration of the generals of the Yongle Dynasty now?

Let's not talk about Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxian, Zhang Fu alone is enough to fight invincible opponents all over the world.

In this case, the king of the valley still dared to rebel.

If you say that there is nothing wrong with Gu Wang's brain, who believes it?

Zhu Di asked: "So, who will do this?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian looked at Shen Qingyu.

With Shen Qingyu's talent, he is naturally qualified for this position.

Of course, Shen Qingyu noticed His Highness's gaze, and was overjoyed in his heart, this was a good opportunity to show his talents, if he could suppress King Gu, he would not only be able to soar in His Highness's heart, but also enter His Majesty's eyes.

However, Zhu Di shook his head.

Shen Qingyu lowered her head as if she had been struck by lightning, with imperceptible unwillingness and hatred in her eyes.

Zhu Gaoxian was puzzled, but he didn't say anything, and said: "Jinyiwei commands Zhang Muzhi, who can be used." ”

Zhu Di bowed slightly: "Then according to your wishes, Zhang Muzhi will be in charge of Jinyiwei, who will be responsible for infiltrating Changsha City and dealing with the King of Valley." ”

……

Afterwards, the ministers in the Qianqing Palace retreated, leaving only Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxian, father and son.

Zhu Di said: "At noon today, you can stay with me for dinner." ”

Zhu Gaoxian, who likes to eat and drink in the Qianqing Palace on weekdays, did not agree this time, and after a long time, he slowly asked: "Why don't you let Shen Qingyu deal with the King of Valley, he should be the most suitable person, with his talent, the commander is too wronged, if he has this merit, I can also promote him, not just stick to Jinyiwei." ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said: "Shen Qingyu is talented, I understand, but this person has bad intentions and is ambitious, do you understand?" ”

He had already seen the future Shen Qingyu, in the later years of Emperor Hengjing, he had the idea of rebellion, but fortunately, Emperor Hengjing in his twilight years still maintained his sanity and eradicated Shen Qingyu.

However, Zhu Di didn't want to use this person anymore, it was too dangerous.

Zhu Gaoxian nodded: "I understand." ”

"You're still young, if you don't understand, you can learn from me...... Wait, what do you say? Zhu Di was stunned.

Zhu Gaoxian smiled lightly: "I know, Shen Qingyu's wolf ambition is not obvious at this time, once he is in a high position, he will definitely have the evil idea of backlash." ”

But that's why I want to use him, and reuse it, knock out the bones and suck the marrow, squeeze out his last value, and then ...... Bury him. ”

For me, it's a double-edged sword, but if you can use it well, it's not a quick knife. ”

(End of chapter)