Zhu Sanjia had already guessed that it was his two subordinates, so he pursed his lips and whistled. This is the code that he and his subordinates have agreed with a long time ago, so he didn't panic when he saw the two of them appear. Seeing that Murong Danyan had already drawn out his long sword, he knew that she was suspicious, so he hurriedly explained: "These two brothers were sent by me to guard the secret path, so we don't need to panic." ”

Just now in the cave, Li Qiufeng had heard that Zhu Sanjia had arranged for more than a dozen of his subordinates to lurk in the secret passage, so when he heard Zhu Sanjia say this, his doubts naturally disappeared. He turned his head and said to Murong Danyan: "Miss Murong, these are all friends of Brother Zhu, don't worry." ”

After Murong Danyan heard this, he also put his mind at ease, and thrust his right hand behind his back, only to hear a soft sound of "bang", and the long sword had returned to its sheath. Zhu Sanjia and his two subordinates didn't look at Murong Danyan when they saw it, and they inserted their right hands indifferently, and put the long sword into the sheath.

Murong Danyan was originally a little suspicious of the Zhu Sanjia, but when he praised himself, his heart immediately burst into joy, and he secretly thought in his heart: "Although this person is rude, he still has some knowledge, and he is not completely without merit!"

Zhu Sanjia said to the two men: "There's nothing wrong here, right?"

A man said, "Don't worry, big brother, there is nothing abnormal here." There was no news from the Wu brothers and Liu brothers in front, and no enemies entered the secret passage. ”

Zhu Sanjia instructed the two of them a few more words, and then turned to Li Qiufeng and Murong Danyan and said, "Let's continue to move forward." ”

After the three of them said goodbye to the two men, they continued to walk forward. At this time, the ground under the feet of the three of them slowly rose upward, and they thought they were traveling from the foot of the mountain to the belly of the mountain. There are gradually more forks in the secret road, but Zhu Sanjia is quite familiar with this secret road, and he did not hesitate when passing through the fork in the road. At the beginning of Li Qiufeng, he forcibly memorized the route he walked, but later he passed through too many forks in the road and could no longer remember clearly. He thought to himself: "Although this Brother Zhu speaks upside down, he doesn't look like a bad person, and there will probably be nothing wrong with following him." ”

At this time, I heard Murong Danyan say: "Brother Zhu, you haven't finished your words yet. You said that Emperor Taizu did a wrong thing, causing the royal family to fight and kill each other, and this wrong thing was the matter of him setting up the Jinyi Guard?"

Zhu Sanjia shook his head as he walked and said: "No, no, the Jinyi Guard was set up, it was he who left a hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty, as for the beginning of the Battle of Jingjing, it was Emperor Taizu who left a secret decree back then." It was still the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, the prince Zhu Biao inspected Shaanxi, contracted a cold on the road, and died of a serious illness after returning to Nanjing. The crown prince is loyal, and he is the son of Queen Ma, and he is the most favored by Emperor Taizu. His death made Taizu extremely sad, so he set up Zhu Yunwen, the son of Zhu Biao, as the emperor's grandson. At that time, Emperor Taizu still had more than ten sons, among whom there were many outstanding figures. Emperor Taizu abandoned these sons, but took Zhu Yunwen as the emperor's grandson, which shows that he really regretted Zhu Biao's death.

It's just that Zhu Yunwen was still young when he was made the emperor's grandson, and Emperor Taizu was worried that his throne would be unstable, so he continued to slaughter the founding heroes on the one hand, and sent a secret decree to the kings on the other hand. Emperor Taizu said in his secret decree that in order to prevent traitors in the court from making rebellion, if there is a change in the court, the kings must follow the secret edict of the Son of Heaven if necessary, and lead the troops to 'appease'. At the same time, in order to avoid the kings' tails from falling off, Ming Taizu also warned the kings in his secret decree that if the kings were disobedient, the emperor could also order 'cutting the domain' if necessary. Emperor Taizu originally thought that he had given such a secret decree to the kings, and the kings and the emperor were blood relatives, so they would naturally take care of each other. In front of the throne, how much more do you pay attention to the principles of heaven and humanity, all of them have red eyes, and they just want to sit on their buttocks. With this secret decree, the kings can lead their troops to rebel in the name of 'appeasement', and the emperor can also order 'cutting down the feudal domain' to eliminate future troubles. Emperor Jianwen attacked King Yan, and King Yan raised troops to appease, in the final analysis, but it was all because of the secret decree of Taizu that he had no fear. Li Gongzi, I said that Taizu was the fault of the Battle of Jingjing, but I didn't say anything wrong?"

Li Qiufeng didn't expect Emperor Taizu to have such a secret purpose, so he had to nod and say, "If this is the case, Emperor Taizu's move is indeed wrong." It's just that I have also been on an errand in the imperial court, but I have never heard of such a secret decree......"

Zhu Sanjia smiled and said: "Just now I asked Li Gongzi, from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to Emperor Jiajing, how many emperors have been experienced, and which of these emperors is the most supported by officials and the people, which is related to this secret decree." After King Yan invaded Nanjing and ascended the throne, he immediately sent his henchmen to collect the secret decree issued by Emperor Taizu hidden in the palaces. If someone refuses to pay, they will be regarded as complicit in rebellion and will be guilty of the same crime as the traitorous party of Jianwen. For this secret purpose, there are indeed several princes who were imprisoned and died after being cut off the prince. In the end, it took a lot of effort to finally receive all these secret decrees into the palace and be burned by Emperor Chengzu himself. The reason why he wanted to do this was that he was afraid that some of the future generations would follow him and Emperor Jianwen, one would cut down the feudal domain in a big way, and the other would raise an army to make it difficult, and then it would inevitably kill each other and cause another turmoil.

"If you talk about being kind-hearted, Emperor Chengzu will never be able to deserve this title. Not to mention anything else, it was that he punished Fang Xiaoru and the Ten Clans, which was not Renjun's means. Among these eleven emperors, the most loved by the courtiers and the people was Emperor Xuanzong. Li Gongzi, since you used to be an errand in the imperial court, you naturally know about the deeds of Emperor Xuanzong?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said: "Emperor Xuanzong reused virtuous ministers, implemented the national policy of resting with the people, and advocated that 'saving things is not as good as provincial officials' and 'reassuring the people is blessed'. Xuanzong was politically clear, and he and Renzong Dynasty were collectively called 'Renxuan's rule', which is not a lie. ”

Zhu Sanjia smiled and said, "It is Emperor Xuanzong, who is the favorite of the people and courtiers, but in the second year after he succeeded to the throne, he destroyed the nine clans of a minister, do you know why?"

Li Qiufeng was stunned and said, "This Li doesn't know ......"

Zhu Sanjia said: "That minister didn't know where he heard the news, saying that Emperor Taizu had a secret decree that allowed the emperor to cut the feudal domain and the kings to be martyred, so he wrote this matter into his private notes. After the news was found out by Jinyiwei, it was reported to the imperial front, and Emperor Xuanzong treated people leniently, but immediately ordered Jinyiwei to take down the minister, torture him, and ask about the source of the news. In the end, in order to extinguish the mouth, killing this person did not count, but killed all the nine clans. Throughout the Xuanzong Dynasty, it was a major case such as the rebellion of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, which only imprisoned Zhu Gaochu and killed his mastermind, and did not implicate too widely. And the minister only wrote a rumored thing in his notes, and he immediately copied the whole house. With the benevolence of Emperor Xuanzong, he actually used such a hot hand, but it can be seen that there must be a great secret behind this matter. ”

After Li Qiufeng heard this, he was silent, and thought to himself: "I just want to know the origin of Shajiabao, why did Zhu Sanjia avoid the topic and talk about these unrelated things? If these things sound like ordinary people, they feel extremely novel, but they don't know what this secret decree has to do with Shajiabao?!"

Zhu Sanjia said as he walked: "After Emperor Jianwen made a plan to cut the domain, he discussed with several close ministers how to start. Qi Tai thought that the strongest Yan King should be cut first, and Zhuo Jing, the household servant, also handed over the secret fold, claiming that the Yan King had repeatedly led troops to the north and won the hearts of the army, and if he wanted to cut the domain, he had to get rid of the Yan King first. It's just that Yan Wang has been in Beiping for a long time, and it is not easy to do it. The fief of King Yan should be moved to Nanchang first, and then removed. It's just that Huang Zicheng objected, thinking that King Yan had no merit or fault, and if he was suddenly deposed, the army and the people would not be convinced, so he should first find those princes who had public grievances, and then wait for an opportunity to get rid of King Yan, which was the safest plan. Emperor Jianwen thought about it again and again, adopted Huang Zicheng's idea, and immediately began to cut the domain.

"Emperor Jianwen was the first to get rid of King Zhou. This Zhou Wang is the brother of Yan Wang's compatriot, and the reason why he got rid of him first was because he was afraid that he would join forces with Yan Wang. At that time, Emperor Jianwen sent Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, to pass through Kaifeng in the name of preparing for the border, raided the palace of the Zhou Dynasty, captured his whole family and escorted him to Nanjing, and then abolished him as a concubine and moved to Menghua, Yunnan, where he was strictly guarded by local officials.

In the year after that, Emperor Jianwen successively cut the three princes of Qi, Hunan and Dai, and abolished them as concubines. The king of Xiang was humiliated and set himself on fire in order to save his name; the king of Qi was placed under house arrest in Nanjing; and the king of Dai was placed under house arrest in the fiefdom of Datong. Later, he cut the king of Min, abolished him as a concubine, and migrated to Zhangzhou. This stormy action made the kings tremble and panic.

"What kind of person is King Yan, he has already laid eyeliner in Nanjing and bought many ministers under Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Jianwen took King Yan as a big danger and wanted to get rid of the news that Xu Zengshou, the fourth son of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, secretly revealed to the eyes and ears of the Yan King faction in Nanjing. After King Yan got the news, he was so frightened that he found his henchman Yao Guangxiao to discuss. Yao Guangxiao encouraged King Yan to raise troops and said to King Yan that Taizu's edict said that if there is a traitor in the court, the prince can raise troops and make it difficult. At present, Emperor Jianwen disregards his flesh and blood affection, listens to the traitorous ministers, and kills the descendants of Emperor Taizu.

After the two of them discussed secretly, they immediately began to prepare the armor equipment. At that time, Emperor Jianwen not only secretly ordered the commander of the army stationed in Beiping to closely monitor the movements of the Yan Wangfu, but also sent martial arts masters to watch around the Yan Wangfu day and night, wanting to get evidence of the Yan Wang's rebellion. At that time, King Yan was unable to mobilize the Beiping garrison, and there was no more troops to mobilize except for the palace guards. These thousands of palace guards only have waist swords, if they go into battle, the ordnance is far from enough, so Yao Guangxiao thought of a strategy......"

When Murong Danyan heard this, he clapped his hands and said, "I've heard this happen." Back then, in order to raise an army, King Yan secretly built armor and weapons in the palace. was just afraid that someone would hear the voice, so Yao Guangxiao thought of a plan and sent someone to buy all the geese inside and outside Beiping City and scatter them in the house. The thousands of geese cried, it was really earth-shattering, and the craftsmen worked day and night in the palace, and the sound of percussion could not be heard outside the palace. In just a few days, the Yan Wangfu was fully equipped with armor and hit Emperor Jianwen by surprise. ”

Zhu Sanjia shook his head and said, "These are just folklore. At that time, the Yan Wangfu was already under the close surveillance of the Beiping garrison and the martial arts masters sent by Emperor Jianwen, if he suddenly bought so many geese, wouldn't it be even more suspicious? Then what a powerful figure Yao Guangxiao was, if he came up with such a ridiculous scheme, he was afraid that before Yan Wang spoke, he himself would be killed first. ”

(End of chapter)