When Li Xiao heard this, he turned his head to look at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Big brother, it's hard for me to say this." ”

"But there is a saying in our posterity."

"It is true that some people say that the Ming Dynasty died in the apocalypse."

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen's heart breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that his dumping this time is quite successful, as long as there is no accident, the name of the king of the dead country can be regarded as getting rid of him.

As for whether the title of the king of the dead country will be deducted from Zhu Youxiao's head, it is not a matter for Zhu Youzhen to worry about.

As long as the king of the dead country is not him, Zhu Youzhen, it doesn't matter who he is or who he loves.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Yuanzhang asked out loud: "Since that's what you said." ”

"Then Zhu Youzhen is not the king of the dead country, and Zhu Youxiao is the king of the dead country?"

Hearing this, Li Xiao shook his head.

"Big brother, I don't think so."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Youzhen immediately jumped out to refute them.

"Li Xiao, you obviously said it yourself, and in later generations, many people said that the Ming Dynasty died in the apocalypse."

"And I also said what Emperor Zhu Youxiao did during his reign."

"The demise of the Ming Empire, who is it if it's not Zhu Youxiao?"

"Do you have to put you on my head to be happy?"

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen was very unhappy in his heart.

Obviously, he is about to whitewash himself, and the name of the king of the dead country is about to be removed.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor, began to prepare to believe in himself, but Li Xiao, this kid, still jumped out and refused to give up.

Zhu Youzhen even had a feeling that Li Xiao was targeting him.

Anyway, even if he lives or dies, he will be labeled as a king of a dead country.

Seeing that Zhu Youzhen's reaction was so intense, Li Xiao didn't say anything.

Compared with Zhu Youzhen, he is definitely not in a hurry.

He can also understand Zhu Youzhen's feelings.

After all, no emperor is willing to bear the infamy of the king of the dead country.

Especially Zhu Youzhen, an emperor who is ambitious and talented, rigid and self-serving, mean and unkind, and mediocre in ability.

"Zhu Youzhen, what are you anxious about?"

"Whether you are the king of the dead country or not, it's not up to me to have the final say."

"You must know that the name of your fallen king is the evaluation of most people in later generations."

"Although what you said also has some truth, you are the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty after all."

"Da Ming also fell into your hands."

"So in my opinion, no matter what, you have something to do with the Ming Dynasty."

Li Xiao replied lightly.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Zhu Youzhen stiffened his neck and prepared to refute.

But at this time, Li Xiao spoke again: "Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse is indeed responsible, and it is not a small responsibility. ”

"But you have too."

"At most, it's just a matter of which of you has the most responsibility and which has less responsibility."

"Zhu Youzhen, don't be busy defending yourself first."

"In my opinion, you and Zhu Youxiao are both the fallen kings of the Ming Empire."

"Zhu Youxiao died the foundation of the Ming Empire, and you died the country of the Ming Empire."

After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen lightly.

Zhu Yuanzhang on the side also nodded silently after listening to Li Xiao's words, obviously agreeing with what Li Xiao said.

Although Zhu Youzhen repeatedly explained that he was not the fallen king of the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire was overthrown by Li Zicheng in his hands.

This is an ironclad fact, and it is a fact that no matter how much Zhu Youzhen explains, it cannot be changed.

And what Zhu Youzhen said, Zhu Youxiao completely ignored the government during his reign, and appointed a large number of traitorous ministers to hollow out the Ming Dynasty early, which did seriously hurt the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Even as Zhu Youzhen said, it can be said that the Ming Empire was essentially finished in the Apocalypse.

First of all, there was a mediocre and lazy emperor like Zhu Youxiao, which plunged the Ming Empire into extreme emptiness.

Then there was an emperor with mediocre ability like Zhu Youzhen, who made several fatal mistakes and made the Ming Dynasty completely fall into the abyss.

These two brothers can be said to have teamed up to get rid of the Ming Dynasty.

Just like Li Xiao said, both Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen have unshirkable responsibilities for the death of the Ming Dynasty.

Later generations said that Zhu Youzhen was the king of the dead country, but Zhu Youzhen said that Zhu Youxiao was the king of the dead country.

But now Zhu Yuanzhang feels that what Li Xiao said is right.

Whether it is Zhu Youxiao or Zhu Youzhen, both of them are the fallen kings of the Ming Empire.

One is the foundation and heritage, and the other is the country.

"Zhu Youzhen, we also agree with Li Xiao's opinion."

"Whether it's you or Zhu Youxiao, the two of you are sinners of our Daming."

"They are all the fallen kings of our Ming Empire!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Youzhen and said in a deep voice.

Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Youzhen's heart was speechless.

Originally, he had already successfully said that Zhu Yuanzhang had been moved, and Zhu Yuanzhang had even understood his difficulties a little, and he didn't intend to say that he was the king of the dead country.

But I didn't expect that in the end, I was mixed up by Li Xiao.

I just said so much sincerely, but it was all in vain.

Is it really impossible to get rid of the name of the king of the dead country?

Zhu Youzhen's heart was extremely depressed.

He looked up at Li Xiao and retorted unwillingly: "I am not the king of the dead country. ”

"Da Ming really died in the apocalypse!"

"Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse is the king of the fallen country, and I am also a victim!"

"Why doesn't anyone understand my difficulties with the mess I took from the Apocalypse?"

"Who can be sure of my dedication and efforts to the Ming Empire?"

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen was very aggrieved in his heart, and it should be said that he was very aggrieved.

Although his ability is really mediocre, and he has made a lot of mistakes, his feelings for the Ming court are not fake.

He didn't want the Ming Dynasty to fall, and he also hoped that he could be a good emperor.

In Zhu Youzhen's own opinion, he will not be like Zhu Youxiao who doesn't care about the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, and only cares about his own pleasure.

And throwing such a big mess of the Ming Dynasty directly to Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family to be responsible.

You must know that this world and this country have always been surnamed Zhu, and they belong to the Zhu family.

How can you rest assured that an outsider can take care of your family's family business?

Zhu Youzhen was also unwilling to lose this huge family business.

So at the beginning of his accession to the throne, he could not be said to be diligent, and even a little too diligent.

But Zhu Youxiao is different, since the first day of Zhu Youxiao's accession to the throne, he has not paid much attention to court affairs and the Ming court.

Compared with the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youxiao seems to be more interested in his carpenter work.

And Zhu Youxiao's ignorance of the government and his laissez-faire for himself eventually led to traitors such as Wei Zhongxian prying the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

The key is that Zhu Youxiao actually saw all these things.

But what is more amazing is that even if Zhu Youxiao knew that Wei Zhongxian was colluding with the Hakka family in his name, Zhu Youxiao didn't care.

It was because of Zhu Youxiao's attitude that Wei Zhongxian was even more unscrupulous in the end.

Even if Zhu Youzhen, who was the king of faith at the time, went to see Zhu Youxiao and mentioned these things to him, Zhu Youxiao didn't care.

All of this is in Zhu Youzhen's eyes.

Otherwise, Zhu Youzhen would not have said that Zhu Youxiao was the king of the dead country.

is because many of Zhu Youxiao's absurd things were seen or heard by Zhu Youzhen with his own eyes.

It is precisely because Zhu Youzhen has experienced the darkness of Wei Zhongxian's period and witnessed the mediocrity of Zhu Youxiao's reign.

Therefore, in Zhu Youzhen's heart, Zhu Youxiao is the one who let the Ming Dynasty finally come to an end.

From beginning to end, Zhu Youzhen never felt that he was the king of the Ming Empire.

From the beginning, he wanted to revitalize the Ming Dynasty and bring the Ming Dynasty back to a new height.

But because of the mediocrity in front of Zhu Youxiao and the mess in front of Wei Zhongxian, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty has collapsed.

Therefore, he could not realize the grand wish of revitalizing the Ming Dynasty.

In Zhu Youzhen's opinion, he just couldn't help himself, he just jumped into a big pit dug for him by Zhu Youxiao.

To put it bluntly, it was Zhu Youxiao who collapsed the Ming Dynasty.

And he is just the one who helps Zhu Youxiao take the blame.

This kind of thinking has always run through Zhu Youzhen's life, until the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and he himself hanged himself in the coal mountain.

He still thinks that way.

"I'm definitely not the king of the dead country."

"I'm just not born at the right time."

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and said with a serious face.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Xiao shook his head slightly.

It seems that Zhu Youzhen has never felt that he has done anything wrong since the beginning, or that Zhu Youzhen has always believed that his mistakes are not the cause of the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

This also shows that Zhu Youzhen is very deep, and he is very deep in his own world.

As the so-called authorities, the bystanders are clear.

Zhu Youzhen is the person in this authority, and he Li Xiao is a bystander.

From the perspective of bystanders and later generations, Li Xiao has an unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Ming Empire.

It is true that when Zhu Youzhen took over the Ming Empire, the Ming Empire was already decaying, and it could even collapse at any time.

But there is still a glimmer of turnaround, a glimmer of opportunity for change.

But this turning point and these opportunities were all missed by Zhu Youzhen.

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen, and didn't know whether to admire or be speechless for Zhu Youzhen's crazy persistence.

"Zhu Youzhen, don't talk so much useless nonsense."

"When you took over the throne of the Ming Dynasty from Zhu Youxiao, it was indeed very difficult."

"But this is not the reason for the Ming Dynasty's demise, nor is it the reason why you say that Zhu Youxiao is the king of the Ming Dynasty."

"You're too persistent."

"So there are a lot of things that you can't see the essence at all."

Li Xiao said lightly, as if he wanted Zhu Youzhen to recognize this fact.

But at this moment, Zhu Youzhen obviously didn't listen.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang is in front of him, and it is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to admit that he is the king of the fallen country.

Therefore, what Zhu Youzhen has to do now is to whitewash himself and desperately whitewash.

If you can't clear your name, then you can only put all the blame or the main responsibility on someone else's head.

As for who to push, Zhu Youzhen had already thought about it.

One is the Donglin Party in the imperial court, and the other is his good big brother, Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Everyone in the Donglin Party can be scolded, but as for Zhu Youxiao, it was originally a ridiculous life.

These two could not be better used to pass the buck.

But I didn't expect to meet someone like Li Xiao, who has always said that he is the king of the dead country.

No matter what Zhu Youzhen says, how he explains it, and how he gives examples, Li Xiao is sure that Zhu Youzhen is the king of the dead country.

This made Zhu Youzhen very hurt.

"What essence?"

"You just read some things recorded in the history books and judge."

"Isn't what I've experienced myself more profound than yours?"

"Don't forget, I'm the one who saw the whole thing."

"You're just someone who reads some history books written by later generations and judges them."

"Can history books be taken seriously?"

"Can't history books be revised? Wouldn't anyone be cheating? ”

"My own personal experience and experience, I can still see clearly?"

Zhu Youzhen looked at Li Xiao and asked.

He was still trying to explain and justify himself.

Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Li Xiao laughed lightly.

Zhu Youzhen is right, history books can be faked, and some things that are not objective can be recorded because of human factors.

However, all the current historical records are surprisingly consistent, and they are all Zhu Youzhen's self-serving, suspicious, and vacillating.

Could it be that all the history books are faked?

This is obviously impossible.

It's just that Zhu Youzhen just wants to muddy the water and divert their attention to other places.

It's just a matter of finding a reason for himself, and a reason why the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with him.

In the final analysis, Zhu Youzhen is still unwilling to admit that he is the king of the Ming Dynasty.

He is still unwilling to face up to his own mistakes.

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and replied lightly: "Zhu Youzhen, even if Zhu Youxiao did a mess during his reign. ”

"Even if he corrodes the basis of the Ming Dynasty."

"But that's not the reason why Da Ming died in your hands."

"You can only say that when Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse was in power, he left you with a lot of trouble, and it was a big trouble."

"But think about it from another angle, isn't this the time to test your abilities?"

"If you are a qualified emperor, then you will definitely be able to solve these problems, and it will not hurt the foundation of the Ming Dynasty."

"But you are not a qualified emperor, not only did you not solve these problems perfectly, but you also magnified them."

"It led to the inability of the Ming Dynasty to return to the sky."

"So, in the final analysis, Zhu Youxiao is just planting a tree."

"And the final result is in your hands."

"This fruit is the end of the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen and said in a deep voice.

He briefly stated the relationship between Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen are completely inseparable from Meng Meng, and the two of them are simply indispensable for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

No matter how Zhu Youzhen explains, he still can't get rid of his responsibility.

(End of chapter)