Time flies.

It has been many years since the last big battle with the Liao King.

Thirty-one years of Hongwu, outside the Saiwai.

In recent years, various vassal kings have repeatedly sent troops to attack Mongolia, and even the nine great Sai kings have jointly cleaned the grasslands.

In the Ming Dynasty, the Mongol tribes were no match at all.

Not surprisingly, the battle was won again, and this tribe, which was still quite strong, was beaten to pieces, and there was not much left.

The Ming army was outside the fortress, and their cattle and sheep began to celebrate.

However, just when tens of thousands of Ming troops fell into a carnival, there was a horseman, galloping desperately under the moonlight, until he came to the camp and rushed to the commander's tent along the road.

He was wearing leather armor, but he was covered with a white shirt and a white ribbon around his waistband.

Everywhere along the way, seeing the plain white messenger, the soldiers and generals who were celebrating all stopped, staring at the messenger who was riding a horse and galloping, and even the Yan Wang and others in the center were also attracted to their eyes, and several people looked at each other, with a bad premonition.

"Your Highness...... Jingshi urgently. When he ran to Zhu Di to rein in his horse, the messenger sat down and the horse neighed, and fell directly to the ground, foaming at the mouth, the messenger was also covered with dust, his expression was extremely tired, his lips were chapped, and he spoke intermittently:

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...... ...... a month ago Died in Xi'an! ”

The entire camp can be heard in an instant.

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Compared with the original history, because there was a cabinet to help share government affairs, Zhu Biao lived a few more years.

Originally, although he was weak, at least he had survived Hongwu for a few years, and there should be no problem.

But unlucky is unlucky in this relocation of the capital.

Because Zhu Biao did not die as in the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang called Zhu Yuanzhang to move.

However, after all, Xi'an has been abandoned for a long time, and it can be a big city, but as a capital master, it is a little worse, which requires a person to be responsible for supervising the construction of the imperial palace, repairing the city wall and sewer system, etc......

The stakes are high.

Therefore, the crown prince was fully responsible for the construction of the capital.

Zhu Biao had already suffered from a cold when he was inspecting Shaanxi, and he finally survived this catastrophe, recuperated for more than a year, and traveled long distances and bumps, rushed to Shaanxi from Beijing, and was personally responsible for the construction of the capital.

Even if he was far away from Jingshi, he still had to deal with a lot of affairs, and finally in the thirty-first year of Hongwu, he could no longer stand it.

After three months of serious illness, all the imperial doctors in Beijing were sent by Zhu Yuanzhang, and all kinds of precious medicinal materials were generalized, but they were only delayed for three months.

In April of the 31st year of Hongwu, the crown prince Zhu Biaoxu was in Xi'an.

Yan Ling also sighed when he got the news.

When he proposed the establishment of a cabinet, he originally meant to give Zhu Biao a new wave of life. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang is in good health, but Zhu Biao does not have his tough physique, and Zhu Biao's body is so weak that a cold almost took his life, which is not unrelated to the excessive government affairs and mental pressure that Zhu Yuanzhang gave him.

It's a pity that although his life was extended by six years, Zhu Biao eventually passed away.

Zhu Biao's death made Zhu Yuanzhang very sad, he put all the imperial doctors in prison and beheaded, and then all the subordinate officials of the prince's mansion were demoted to commoners.

Not killing them was already the last mercy of Emperor Hongwu.

Yan Ji is also among them.

He sighed lonely, and after decades of wandering, he didn't want to achieve nothing.

Riding in the carriage, he headed for his hometown in Ningbo.

What Yan Ji didn't expect was that his name was already the same as Huang Zicheng, who was also degraded, and Jane was in the emperor's heart.

But this is an afterthought, and now Zhu Yuanzhang has other things to do.

After all, he is the emperor, and he can't be like other fathers, immersed in the sadness of losing his son.

Zhu Biao is gone, and the top priority is to establish a new heir, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang himself knows that he will not live long.

And the eyes of the world couldn't help but converge on the imperial city of Jingshi.

Including the major vassal kings.

Zhu Biao is a good brother, he died, and the brothers were very sad, but the deceased is gone, and the people who are alive now have more important things to consider.

In the face of the supreme position, no one can resist the covetousness of their hearts.

Among them, there are two people who are the most confident, one is Zhu Yunwen and the other is Zhu Di.

Needless to say, Zhu Yunwen is the eldest son of the crown prince Zhu Biao (the Lu family was corrected as the crown princess after Chang's death), and the roots are Miao Hong.

And Zhu Di, at this time, from Zhu Yuanzhang's side alone, he has become the eldest son of the eldest son (about Zhu Di's biological mother, see the end of the chapter).

In the thirtieth year of Hongwu, although Zhu Fan did not return to Xi'an this time and was poisoned, his cruelty also made the maids in the Jingshi Mansion unbearable.

In May, the maids used daggers to assassinate Zhu Fan in his sleep.

In the thirty-first year of Hongwu, Zhu Li, the king of Jin, died of illness in Taiyuan.

Zhu Biao's death may have something to do with it, after all, this generous brother has always loved his younger brother, and when they died, he was grief-stricken.

But in any case, under the order, Zhu Di is already the boss of the platoon.

In terms of merit, Zhu Di is also completely sufficient, at this time, everyone outside the Saiwai heard the name of King Yan, he was both virtuous and long.

It can only be said that no matter which one is decided, it can be explained, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang is not dead, so Zhu Di can fill the position, and strictly speaking, Zhu Yunwen also has legitimacy.

So a controversy began.

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In Zhu Yuanzhang's study, cabinet ministers gathered here.

They are Liu Sanwu, Yan Xincheng, Qi Tai, and Wu Bozong.

These people are actually unlucky to join the cabinet, because they all have a common characteristic, that is, they are very strong in business.

When Zhu Yuanzhang chose a secretary to assist in government affairs, his first choice was to be capable, after all, he had to assist in deciding national affairs.

A few of them fell into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes.

However, their official positions at this time are not low, especially Yan Xincheng and Qi Tai, who have already climbed to the squire, one official and one soldier.

However, according to the idea put forward by Yan Ling, the cabinet ministers should not exceed seven grades.

So these people got into a big bad luck, they all came in with a downgrade, and their real power was lost all of a sudden.

But on this day, they will feel for the first time the great influence of the cabinet on the emperor.

At this time, Emperor Hongwu was already very old, his white hair was pale, his figure was thin, the dragon robe was loosely draped over his body, his face was full of wrinkles, and even his eyes were no longer as sharp as they once were.

"I want to make Yan Wang Di the crown prince, what do you think?"

King Yan!

Zhu Yunwen is now 21 years old, although he is an adult, but in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, he is still younger, and it is undoubtedly more reassuring to be succeeded by the older Zhu Di.

But in the hearts of the ministers, they didn't think so.

Liu Sanwu and Qi Tai glanced at each other, and they both saw the firmness in each other's eyes.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, the literati and doctors could be said to have been pressed to death by the nobles, and finally a Zhu Biao came, and they had hope; If the next emperor is still as strong and warlike as King Yan, when will Wenchen come out?

King Yan must not be allowed to become the crown prince!