Chapter 40: Work hard, His Royal Highness King Yan, you are the man who wants to be the emperor!
"Beiping is a bitterly cold place. Your country's choice is surprising."
Yao Guangxiao said calmly.
"This, maybe this is called..."
Yang Feng pondered for a moment.
"Dragon Qi?"
Then he looked at Yao Guangxiao seriously and said.
"Amitabha, does the ambassador still know the art of looking at Qi?"
Yao Guangxiao quickly clasped his hands and bowed his head, pretending to be a monk and indifferent to the world.
"Haha, I know nothing about Wangqi. I was just joking. It is not decided by those in power where the capital will be.
Those in power are willing to build flowers and flowers for the capital, even in bitter cold places.
Is it possible that Peiping can be more bitter and colder than Kaiping, Linhuang, and Huining? Aren't the Mongolians, Khitans, and Jurchens all the same capitals? How can there be any dragon spirit in this world? If there really is a dragon spirit, then Xi'an and Luoyang
Wouldn’t it be more dragon-like? Why don’t we see that the Ming Dynasty chose Xi’an as its capital and Luoyang as its capital, but chose Yingtian as its capital?
I remember that the dynasties with Yingtian as their capital basically had no good ending, right?
Sun Wu was destroyed by others, the Southern Dynasty was finally destroyed, and the Southern Tang Dynasty was also destroyed. It seems that no one was not destroyed by others.
Qianxun's iron chain sank to the bottom of the river, and a flag fell out of the stone.
This place is really unlucky.”
Yang Feng said arrogantly.
"Ambassador, please be careful what you say. This is not something you should say."
Yao Guangxiao said.
"What's so incredible about this? It's written all over the history books. What scholar doesn't know!"
Yang Feng said.
So, work hard, Your Highness King Yan, you will have a bright future!
Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not choose Zhu Di this time. He did not choose Zhu Di in history, and he will not choose him this time. Such talented and strategic kings are very confident. Even if he guessed that Zhu Di would seize the throne later, he would not choose him.
If he will change for this, the most he can do is to find ways to prevent it in advance. The throne must belong to Zhu Biao's lineage. This is the principle. If he lets Zhu Di succeed to the throne, then the older King of Jin is nothing, and the King of Qin is nothing, even if he can't see it.
Yes, the King of Qin is indeed the second oldest.
The succession of Zhu Biao and his family is a rule. If he is replaced by Zhu Di, he will break the rules. But since the rules are broken, why should he be Zhu Di?
In order of age, they are the kings of Qin.
In order of prestige, King Jin and Zhu Di are equally matched. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that his son had died before him. Currently, King Jin, like Zhu Di, often went out to raid the fortress.
Although he is not as invincible as Zhu Di, he definitely has great military achievements.
But King Jin is still a little older.
So why not choose King Jin?
If you don’t care about age, then there is King Zhou behind him, and behind King Zhou is Feng Sheng. Last time he secretly ran to see Feng Sheng, which made Zhu Yuanzhang furious. This is also the first among the nobles who still have military power. Currently, they have the power.
The highest-ranking nobles in military power were him and Fu Youde. The latter was related to the King of Jin, but Lan Yu was inferior to them in terms of rank.
If Zhu Di is made the crown prince, what will these same legitimate sons think?
Ambition?
Who doesn’t have ambition?
Who doesn’t have his own power group behind him?
Therefore, rules are very important. If there are no rules and it becomes whoever is stronger will win, then it will encourage his descendants after his death to play the Eight Kings Rebellion.
Yang Feng also told him that the future has changed and any decision he makes will have unknown consequences.
The history of the future will not be the same.
Historically, even if the Zhu family were to seize the throne, they would still have power for nearly three hundred years.
but……
What if he changes his original choice, but it leads to worse results, or even ends the Zhu family earlier?
It's not a big deal if the uncle and nephew take over the throne. The left and right meat will be rotten in the pot. In the end, it belongs to his Zhu family. But if the change is too big and the Eight Kings Rebellion occurs, then it may not be his family. Zhu Yuanzhang will indeed not like him.
If the arrangement is changed after death, he will find ways to prevent this from happening. However, the premise of this prevention is still to ensure that there will be no internal melee in the Zhu family similar to the Eight Kings Rebellion, which will ultimately give outsiders an advantage, so
Even if he reconsiders the candidate, he will not change the principle of Zhu Biao.
The eldest son has natural legitimacy due to tradition.
Even if it is not Zhu Yunwen, it can still be Zhu Yunxi, and Zhu Yunxi has Lan Yu behind him, who can restrain Zhu Di after his death.
Also includes other feudal lords.
But whether it is Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Yunxi, they will eventually reduce the vassal status. This is a matter of principle for any successor.
No emperor would allow such a group of vassals with military power to exist.
At most, the methods of reducing the vassal will be different, but it is impossible not to reduce the vassal, so Zhu Di will eventually face this fateful choice, and then Yang Feng needs to let him know that he can actually be the emperor, so as to ensure that he
No matter what the circumstances, this ambition is always present.
Yang Feng has made it very clear.
The dragon energy came out.
How could a person with Yao Guangxiao's mind not understand the hidden meaning?
"Ambassador, it's the second update, we should take a rest."
Yao Guangxiao said.
It was obvious that he had realized that the guy in front of him was too dangerous. As he continued to chat here, the topic became more and more terrifying.
There was an officer behind him, and this bastard didn't hold back what he said. Although the possibility of reaching Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely small, it was not impossible. At that time, Lao Zhu Ke had been eyeing him, and it was not like Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know about him.
As for his identity, his role as temple abbot was actually chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang for Zhu Di. All the vassal kings have an eminent monk like this chosen by Zhu Yuanzhang, who is regarded as the exclusive eminent monk of the royal palace.
It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know that the eminent monk he thought was actually a monster monk. He didn't like to pray for Zhu Di, but he only liked to encourage him to rebel.
Of course, he is just a counselor now.
"What are you afraid of? We don't have to worry about the curfew. It's great to sit here and talk. I like you monks very much."
"The poor monk is old and really can't bear it."
"You monks are so pure and have no desires. You should be full of energy. Why are you so exhausted at half past nine? We were not like that at that time."
Yang Feng said dissatisfied.
Yao Guangxiao stood up with a smile...
"Press him!"
Yang Feng said.
Ruan Xin simply held Yao Guangxiao down, and the latter chanted the Buddha's name helplessly.
"You don't have to be afraid. God knows these words and the earth knows them. You know them and I know them..."
Yang Feng suddenly turned his head and looked at Ruan Xin with some embarrassment.
"Do you understand what we are talking about?"
he asked.
The latter shook his head blankly.
"It's okay if you don't understand. If you understand, it's easy to lose your life."
Yang Feng said.
Of course, it doesn't matter whether you really don't understand.
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang really knew, so what? Could he still give Zhu Di a cup of poisonous wine? That was his own son.
At best, more preventive measures can be arranged in advance.
But no matter how hard he tried to prevent it, the key flaw of the system he designed could not be changed.
He would be so angry that he would be half-dead by this move, but Yang Feng wanted this effect. His principle was that he could not follow the route designed by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang wanted him to stay away and not interfere with His Majesty the Emperor's selection of successors, so he just did it.
You have to keep making troubles and messing him up. Anyway, now that he has let himself go, it will be difficult for Zhu Yuanzhang to kill him. After all, he is wandering around like a ghost now. Zhu Yuanzhang cannot catch him, and he really wants to kill him.
On the contrary, he made Zhu Di doubtful about these things...
It's true that he is half-believing and half-believing. After all, the prerequisite for believing in him is that he is a time traveler, and for now, this should be said to be half-believing and half-believing.
Zhu Yuanzhang believed it.
Because there is no other explanation for why he landed in the palace with a parachute in the middle of the night.
Either a god, a demon, or a time traveler, but he is obviously not the first type. The second one is somewhat interesting, but it doesn't seem like a demon who rejects a lot of beautiful girls. It's not like Lao Zhu has never seen all kinds of people.
Road monsters, in the decades since he started his career, there have probably been many monsters who tried to fool him, so the time traveler Yang Feng himself said is true.
But it’s hard for others to believe it.
After all, what exactly happened in the palace is still a secret to outsiders. Even at Zhu Di's level, the most they know is that Yang Feng abducted the princess from the palace.
Since he was dubious about Yang Feng's identity, of course he was dubious about what he said, but by killing him, Zhu Yuanzhang was tantamount to telling Zhu Di and these people that what he said was true.
That would be different.
If push comes to shove, anything can happen. This is a fight for the throne.
"General Ruan Qi, not understanding does not save your life. Not hearing anything can save your life."
Yao Guangxiao said.
Ruan Xin hesitated for a moment, then quickly turned and left.
This is also a sensible person.
In fact, Yang Feng found that in the early Ming Dynasty, these officials and officers were not stupid, but it was possible that all the stupid ones were dead. Anyone who could crawl out alive from the chaotic world of mountains of corpses and seas of blood must first have a certain amount of brains.
It is also an effective IQ screening, but the process is a bit cruel. Another very important point is that most of the officials at this time were actually civil servants. After all, the imperial examination had just been opened not long ago. The civil servants during Zhu Yuanzhang's time were
Can be a high-ranking official.
It is not uncommon for people to write six books.
Even if you pass the imperial examination, the first step is to become a county magistrate.
They were not the kind who would become county magistrates directly after passing the Jinshi examination. There was no use for corrupt scholars here in Zhu Yuanzhang. Whether they stayed in the capital or became officials in other places, they had to go through several years of experience.
Being an official under Zhu Yuanzhang is itself a similarly cruel IQ screening.
"Senior Monk, you are too careful."
Yang Feng said.
"Ambassador, now it is considered that heaven knows and earth knows, you know and I know."
Yao Guangxiao said calmly.
That means we should stop hiding it and can open up and talk about more in-depth issues.
"Ha, I don't want to say anything anymore. It's getting late, but I have to rest."
Yang Feng stood up and said.
"Well?"
Yao Guangxiao took a deep breath, obviously unhappy.
Then he just sat there, watching the bastard who had aroused his interest and walked away so irresponsibly.