Chapter 7 The King of Han ascended the throne and his family suffers
Chapter 7 The King of Han ascends the throne and the whole family suffers
Duke Xu Huizu of Wei was the younger brother of Zhu Di's wife, Empress Xu, and Zhu Di's brother-in-law.
However, it was such a person who made Zhu Di grit his teeth.
Xu Huizu's father was Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan who was the first military official of the Ming Dynasty and the first hairpin tassel in the founding of the capital city. Xu Huizu himself was the "second generation general" most valued by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although the Xu family and Zhu Di had a deep relationship, Xu Huizu was an out-and-out "Jianwen Chunchen". When Zhu Di was in trouble, the Southern Army led by Xu Huizu won many battles on the battlefield, and even defeated Zhu Di at one point.
The idea of withdrawing troops came up.
Fortunately, Emperor Jianwen made a foolish move at the end. He thought that the capital was empty and needed generals to guard it, so he transferred Xu Huizu from the battlefield back to Jinling. But without Xu Huizu as a powerful enemy, Zhu Di completely defeated the imperial court, went all the way south, and finally invaded.
He ascended the throne in Beijing and proclaimed himself emperor.
After Zhu Di ascended the throne, although many of Jianwen's old officials were willing to die to resist, all the relatives in the court quickly surrendered to Zhu Di. Only the Duke of Wei, Xu Huizu, did not surrender. Xu Huizu did not go to see Zhu Di, but locked himself in the ancestral hall.
, knelt down in front of his father’s memorial tablet and burst into tears.
Later, Zhu Di brought Empress Xu from Peiping, and Empress Xu even came to persuade her in person, but Xu Huizu was still unwilling to surrender to the usurper. Xu Huizu stayed at home for five years, until his death, and never surrendered.
Thousands of blades added to his body but he did not change his ambition. This is the case for Xu Huizu.
Zhu Di let out a long sigh: "Xu Huizu, you were a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, but not a loyal minister of the Yongle Dynasty. You did not die unjustly."
[Finally in the 22nd year of Yongle, your father died of illness in Yumuchuan on his way back from the fifth expedition to Mongolia. Before his death, he left a will, which was passed down to you, and warned you to leave a way for your eldest brother and his family to survive.
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[You four brothers, now only you and King Qi, who is far away in Fujian, are left. King Qi is not a threat to you, so you finally showed mercy to this only remaining brother. 】
[In the next four years, you have been following your father to fight against Emperor Jianwen's Southern Army. During the Battle of Puzikou, your father's army was at a disadvantage and was besieged by Emperor Jianwen's general Sheng Yong. You came with your army.
Rescue, your father was overjoyed when he saw it. In order to encourage you to fight bravely, he even drew a big cake for you: "The prince is sick, you should encourage him."]
The wait finally came and the King of Han ascended the throne.
Zhu Di's face turned dark. He did not expect that things would be like this after the King of Han ascended the throne.
[You tried to win over King Qi, but King Qi was not interested in the struggle for imperial power. After several trials, you finally gave up the idea. And your father set King Qi’s fiefdom in Fujian. Fujian has been a place since ancient times.
The military strategists are indisputable. Since you can't benefit from King Qi, you have no interest in King Qi anymore.】
In fact, he had known for a long time that the King of Han had objections. So after the end of the Jingnan period, Zhu Di started to dissolve the military power in the hands of the Han king, in order to prevent the second son from doing stupid things.
He has great hopes for this second son who is quite similar to himself.
[In the same year, you ascended the throne. You were the fourth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. You finally sat on the throne you dreamed of. 】
He was born in a rebellion and slaughtered his blood relatives. So what he feared most in his life was that his descendants would imitate him and use the butcher knife against their blood relatives.
"If I deceived the kid, why did the second one take it seriously?"
Zhu Di looked thoughtful, and his eyes flashed with wisdom.
[After you ascended the throne, you couldn't wait to attack your eldest brother and his family. You didn't take your father's last words to heart. You first used some small means to make your eldest brother "die" of illness, and then hesitated for a long time, but finally did not kill you.
The elder brother’s eldest son, Zhu Zhanji, just deposed him as a commoner and exiled him to the frontier.]
[You don’t want to be Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, you want to be the prince Zhu Gaoxu!]
[After hearing this, you were greatly encouraged and knew that you had no hope of becoming your father's heir, so you fought more bravely and helped your father break out of the siege. After that, you fought even harder and made many military exploits for your father's Jingnan campaign.
Just to get the rewards I deserve after the war is won.】
[But in the end you calmed down, because you are not Li Shimin, and your father is not Li Yuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. The military power in your hands had already been subtly dispersed to various military camps when your father ascended the throne. Only then did you understand that the old man had already
I’m guarding you.]
When the King of Han ascends the throne, the whole family suffers!
First, kill the prince, then depose the grandson Zhu Zhanji, and imprison King Zhao. The only remaining fourth child would have been killed by the King of Han, if not because he was not a threat to him!
[After dealing with your eldest brother's family, you set your sights on your third brother, King Zhao. Before you ascended the throne, you once said to King Zhao, "When I ascend the throne, I will share the world with you." But you, like your father, both
He is an emperor who likes to fool people. You found an excuse to kill King Zhao's guards, but then put him under house arrest. Two years later, King Zhao died in depression in the palace. That day, you cried loudly in the Qianqing Palace,
But if you had it to do over again, you would still treat King Zhao like this.】
Now he knows how Zhu Zhanji got his [civilian] status.
[But you are not desperate, you think you still have a chance. You are unwilling to surrender and want to snatch the crown prince position from your eldest brother in the capital. ]
[Eleven years after Yongle, your father’s attitude towards you and your eldest brother finally changed. He began to delegate power to you and suppress the prince. You didn’t know why this happened, but you were greatly surprised and worked harder
You have begun to express yourself. Your voice in the court is getting bigger and bigger, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the crown prince’s situation is over.】
"An Xin, how can the throne be without bloodshed, An Xin..." Zhu Di took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.
Zhu Di was not afraid that the King of Han would succeed in his rebellion, but that he would kill the King of Han if he did not stop.
[The position of the crown prince has been determined, and it should be the eldest son Gao Chi. These words are like a bolt from the blue, and you are all stupid. You can’t wait to lead troops into the Qianqing Palace, imitate the Xuanwu Gate incident of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty, and kill him. Bloody storm.】
[In the first year of Jianwen, your father launched the Jingnan Campaign and broke with Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen. When your father raised the army, he left your eldest brother Zhu Gaochi to guard his hometown in Beijing, and took you, who was brave and fierce by nature, with him to fight together. .]
He did not continue to think about Xu Huizu, his brother-in-law, but instead focused on Zhu Gaoxu's life simulation.
[But you never expected that your father would finally ascend to the throne after his successful arrest, but you would not accept his original words and you would not become the prince.]
Zhu Di couldn't wait to see what would happen differently after the King of Han ascended the throne.
Zhu Di touched his chin, feeling a little embarrassed.
But what he feared most happened.
Even though he left his last words before his death, the King of Han did not take them to heart.
The King of Han wants to eradicate all those who threaten him!