5. The Battle of Jingjing (Part II)
When Zhu Yuanzhang was alive, he was very worried about the power of the vassal kings scattered all over the country, worried that they would seize the throne, and after his death, he left a special edict, saying that the vassal kings from all over the country should not come to the capital to attend the funeral. This is precisely for the sake of Zhu Yunwen's regime. Zhu Di knew about his father's regulations, but he wanted to go to the capital to investigate in person, to prove that he had no intention of rebellion; Second, by the way, I would like to visit the descendants of Xu Da, the founder of the country, after all, I married Xu Da's eldest daughter; The third is to see if his nephew really wants to kill himself.
Zhu Di played the imperial court, and wanted to take his three sons into Beijing to worship the filial piety tomb, and when Zhu Yunwen knew the news, he was very strange, and hurriedly summoned Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru, Jing Qing, Lian Zining and others to discuss countermeasures, everyone knew that King Yan wanted to enter Beijing, they were all surprised, and they didn't come back to their senses. But things have happened, everyone needs to make a solution to the problem, Qi Tai and Jing Qing agreed that King Yan threw himself into the net, not only came by himself, but also brought several of his sons, just came to the capital to catch them all, but if it is not good, you can imprison King Yan in the capital and prevent him from returning to Beiping. And Huang Zicheng and Lian Zining didn't react too violently, but doubted, doubting why Zhu Di chose to come to Nanjing during this critical period of cutting the domain, if it is said that it is impossible to sacrifice Xiaoling, there must be a conspiracy, so Huang Zicheng and Lian Zining suggested that Zhu Yunwen immediately send a secret decree to all places along the way, and take strict precautions, Fang Xiaoru thought for a long time and said: "King Yan wants to enter Beijing in the name of sacrificing and sweeping, we have no reason to refuse, it is better to promise him first, and then judge the situation, and then make plans." Emperor Jianwen thought for a long time and really couldn't think of what this fourth uncle wanted to do, but one thing is certain, no matter what his fourth uncle thinks, he has always had an advantage, and after some discussion, he allowed King Yan to enter Beijing, and sent secret decrees to all parts of Hebei to prevent King Yan from making trouble.
In fact, Emperor Jianwen still has some scruples in his heart, his fourth uncle grew up in the military camp since he was a child, because after several political purges at the end of Hongwu, most of the military generals were killed by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the imperial court had no available people, so the military important places in the north were controlled by Zhu Di, so Zhu Di's power was the largest, and he did many illegal things, Zhu Yunwen was very worried about what bad consequences would be caused.
After a period of time, Zhu Di entered Beijing and came to Jinling, but Zhu Di did not return to his Yanwang Mansion in Beijing, but took a turn in the huge Jinling City, causing many city soldiers and people to come to watch, all wanting to see the demeanor of the bold Yan King, after going around Jinling City, Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaochu, and Zhu Gaosui to the filial piety tomb for worship.
The next day, Zhu Di and his son entered the palace to see the driver, but there was an accident in the court, Zhu Gaochi and others knelt facing the north and bowed four times, but Zhu Di did not kneel, and bowed, not putting Emperor Jianwen on the throne in his eyes at all, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were dumbfounded, they couldn't believe everything in front of them, Emperor Jianwen didn't even react, Zhu Di thought of countless possibilities before he came, but he never thought of this move, and was stunned in place.
"Your Majesty, King Yan does not kneel, please ask Your Majesty to ask King Yan about the crime of disrespect." A Wenchen below began to speak, and Huang Huai, who was standing next to him, whispered to remind him not to talk too much.
"Who are you?" Zhu Di said expressionlessly.
"Me? I am the superintendent of the imperial history Zeng Fengshao! You don't kneel when you see Your Majesty, there is no courtesy from a minister, I am the supervisor of the imperial history, is it wrong? Zeng Fengshao said.
"Hmph, a little seven-rank official, dare to talk nonsense in front of this king, today my nephew and I are talking about family affairs, and there is no need for a slut like you to make noise here." Zhu Di snorted coldly and said.
"Okay, Your Majesty, there is a reason why the minister does not worship, the minister just wants to ask, do you want to kill your royal elders?" Zhu Di stared at Emperor Jianwen tightly.
After hearing this, Qi Tai couldn't help it, he only felt that Zhu Di was too arrogant, and he didn't give the emperor a son at all, and when he said such things in front of everyone, he immediately stood up and accused loudly, "It's disrespectful for you to be a courtier but not worship Your Majesty, and now you have framed the emperor, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”
After hearing this, Zhu Di felt murderous in his heart, and said with a smile: "Isn't it because of you villains that the emperor is like this now, is it really not counted whether those younger brothers of mine are guilty or not?" ”
In fact, up to now, Zhu Di's goal has hit, he is to find a suitable reason for his own Jingnan, because he wants to clear the monarch's side!
After getting out of the court, Zhu Di went to Xu's house, Xu Huizu closed the door and didn't see him, but Xu Zengshou and Zhu Di chatted a lot, Xu Huizu didn't want to see for a reason, before Zhu Di came, he told Emperor Jianwen that Zhu Di's second son Zhu Gaoxu is very brave and needs to be guarded against, and Zhu Di himself is also a powerful person, and he needs to be arrested immediately after entering Beijing, otherwise things will not be good. And Xu Zengshou said to Emperor Jianwen that King Yan and Emperor Xian (Zhu Biao did not be an emperor, but was posthumously honored as Emperor Xiaokang by Zhu Yunwen in the first year of Jianwen, and Zhu Di, King of Yan, was called the emperor after the battle of Jingjing, and was renamed Prince Yiwen. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Zhu Yousong reclaimed his filial piety as Emperor Xiaokang, and the "History of the Ming Dynasty" also called Emperor Xiaokang) belonged to the same lineage, and now it is rich and noble, and there is no reason to do the opposite. Because of this, the two brothers disagreed, which also led to a completely different attitude towards Zhu Di.