The news of His Highness Taisun's return to the palace spread the next day, and almost everyone who was interested knew about it.
In Prince Yan's palace, the princess said to her eldest son Zhu Gaochi: "Chi'er, maybe you should go into the palace to see your eldest brother."
"Now your father is fighting in Japan, and everyone in the rear is counting on us."
"Even if there is no benefit, there can't be too much trouble."
I have been paying attention to the problems on the grassland.
I also understand the purpose of my grandson coming back this time.
"Mom, I'll go over when my eldest brother comes back now. I'm afraid it won't be good." Zhu Gaochi twisted his body and said hesitantly.
In fact, he has always disliked it and approached his eldest brother with purpose.
Although Zhu Gaochi is not very old now, because of his experience, he already has a very stable feeling and has some ideas of his own.
Of course he understood what his mother meant.
Even if it doesn't mean that the eldest brother will be attracted to his father, at least he will not be able to secretly attack his father because of the emotional bond.
But in Zhu Gaochi's heart, his eldest brother was a very good person and he never said what he wanted to do to his father.
Even from a behavioral point of view, except for Master Daoyan's matters, the eldest brother tried his best to satisfy his father's wishes in other aspects.
When Xu Yihua heard what her eldest son said, she frowned slightly at first, then relaxed and said, "Chi'er, there are certain times when we can't gamble."
"Because once you lose the bet, you may have nothing."
"As long as we can win, we must fight for it. Mother knows that you don't want to interfere too much with your grandson, but you have to understand that no matter how prejudiced your father is against you, he will always
It’s your father.”
"Except for the crown prince, your father does have his own ideas, but other than that, your father has never treated you badly."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaochi quickly replied: "Mother, I didn't mean that."
"I just think it's too obvious and can easily arouse brother's dissatisfaction."
Xu Yihua looked at his eldest son and was slightly silent.
In fact, Xu Yihua has always been very fond of Zhu Gaochi.
Zhu Di and Xu Yihua have been childhood sweethearts, a young couple with a very deep relationship.
In the eleventh year of Hongwu, the 16-year-old Xu gave birth to the eldest son Zhu Gaochi to the 18-year-old Zhu Di.
Based on Zhu Gaochi's maternal family relationship, he is the grandson of Xu Da. His maternal family background is much nobler than that of ordinary imperial grandsons at that time, such as his cousin, the later Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen's maternal family, the crown prince's family background
The Lu family is also far inferior.
Zhu Gaochi's status as the eldest son from birth was destined to be valued by Zhu Di and the Xu family. Zhu Di and his wife attached great importance to Zhu Gaochi's quality education, allowing him to dabble in riding and archery and Confucian classics since he was a child, so as to cultivate his cultural relics abilities.
Since Zhu Gaochi had read Confucian classics since he was a child, was generous and righteous, and respected benevolent government, Zhu Yuanzhang liked this grandson very much and would once praise him.
Zhu Gaochi's obesity was not caused by laziness. In Zhu Ying's opinion, it was probably an invisible disease.
Because Zhu Gaochi was not so fat when he was young. He was still very brave and good at riding and shooting.
When we met in Peking, Zhu Gaochi was already a little fat, but not to the point where he needed help from others to walk.
During the conversation with Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Ying also discovered that even if she went on a diet to lose weight, she could no longer change the reality that she was becoming more obese.
It really feels like you will gain weight even if you drink water.
In other words, the original Zhu Gaochi was the eldest son of a vassal king who was both civil and military.
The two younger brothers are even worse.
Only after he became obese and started to be out of breath even when walking, did Zhu Gaochi calm down and study hard.
As time went by, he developed a character that liked to be quiet and disliked movement. In addition, his life since childhood was rich and well-fed, which made him later become a fat man.
Few people know that Zhu Gaochi, as the eldest son of King Zhu Di of Yan, actually has an unknown side of his military talent.
Historically, it was not revealed until the year of Zhu Di's rebellion.
After Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he began to severely reduce the vassal status, several vassal kings were deposed, and Zhu Di was eventually forced to raise troops to resist and launched the Jingnan Campaign.
After Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Campaign, he brought his two brave sons Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui to the front line to fight together, while leaving Zhu Gaochi to guard his base camp in Peiping.
While Zhu Di was fighting on the front line, Zhu Gaochi was stationed in Peiping to consolidate his rear area and at the same time provide strong logistical supplies and military supplies, allowing Zhu Di to devote himself to fighting Zhu Yunwen's army.
This is no simple matter.
The importance of stable food and grass to the army is self-evident, and Zhu Di never made any mistakes due to food and grass problems during the Jingnan Campaign.
This point alone is enough to show that Zhu Gaochi is very good in domestic affairs.
The embodiment of military talent was when Li Jinglong led an army to surprise Peking.
At that time, Zhu Di captured the Three Guards of Duoyan in Daning. Peiping was only guarded by 20,000 to 30,000 old and weak soldiers led by Zhu Gaochi. However, Zhu Gaochi was able to remain calm. With the advantage of the weather, the frozen city of Beiping withstood Li Jinglong's strong attack, and was finally pushed back by the arrival of Zhu Di's reinforcements.
He killed Li Jinglong and made great contributions.
After Li Jinglong's defeat, the civil servant Fang Xiaoru suggested to Zhu Yunwen a plan to alienate the father-son relationship between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di. Fang Xiaoru suggested that Zhu Yunwen canonize Zhu Gaochi as King of Yan with great fanfare. As long as Zhu Gaochi surrendered Beiping and surrendered to the imperial court, Zhu Yunwen would not blame Zhu Gaochi.
He will inherit the throne of King Yan.
Fang Xiaoru's plan of alienation is indeed clever. Regardless of whether Zhu Gaochi accepts Zhu Yunwen's persuasion to surrender or canonize, as long as this matter is publicized with great fanfare, it can alienate the father-son relationship between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di. If it can cause internal strife between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di's father and son, then
Zhu Yunwen can easily pacify Zhu Di.
However, Zhu Gaochi did not fall into Zhu Yunwen's alienation plan. When Zhu Yunwen's canonized envoy and the edict arrived in Peiping, Zhu Gaochi did not even read it. He directly ordered the envoy and the unopened edict to be sent to the front line and handed over to Zhu Di for disposal.
Zhu Di almost fell into the trap under the instigation of brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui. It was not until he saw the unopened edict sent by Zhu Gaochi that he dispelled his doubts.
In the Battle of Jingnan, it was Zhu Gaochi who successfully guarded Zhu Di's base camp in Peiping, allowing Zhu Di to safely lead Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui's two sons and other generals to kill all sides, and Zhu Gaochi was responsible for providing all the logistical supplies.
Therefore, the success of Zhu Di's battle was at least 40% due to Zhu Gaochi.
During Zhu Di's five Northern Expeditions to Mongolia, and when he was preparing to move the capital to Beiping, he asked Prince Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country in Nanjing. This also allowed Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country six times. Zhu Gaochi had supervised the country for more than ten years in total, and was known in history as Zhu Gaochi supervising the country.
You must know that Zhu Di only reigned for twenty-two years, and Zhu Gaochi's time supervising the country accounted for almost half of Zhu Di's reign.
During Zhu Di's reign, he controlled the basic military power, while he basically handed over the political power to Zhu Gaochi, so later generations jokingly said that Zhu Di was just a powerful general under his son Zhu Gaochi, who was responsible for fighting wars.
This is indeed the case, so even though Zhu Gaochi only reigned for ten months, and his actual time in power was much longer than that, the Yongle prosperous era created by Zhu Di actually had at least half of Zhu Gaochi's achievements.
It can be said that Zhu Gaochi made outstanding achievements during his supervision of the country.
During the period of supervising the country, he helped the victims, reclaimed wasteland, built dikes, solved water transportation, expanded granaries across the country, and provided strong supply guarantee for Zhu Di's Northern Expedition. He played a great role in the development of the Yongle era, and also laid the foundation for the subsequent Renxuan rule.
All laid a good foundation.
Therefore, the "History of the Ming Dynasty" calls the period when Zhu Gaochi supervised the country as follows: Chengzu Chengyu, he went out to the north at the age of 10, and the East Palace supervised the country, and there was no waste in the dynasty.
The last sentence of "There is no waste in the court" is the greatest recognition of Zhu Gaochi's supervision of the country. Twenty years of being the prince and ten years of supervising the country finally gave Zhu Gaochi one year of being emperor.
While Xu Yihua and Zhu Gaochi were discussing their grandson, Zhu Ying was also thinking about who to follow him to Liaodong.
Going to Liaodong is not just about fighting, but also about development.
Therefore, on this trip, the army and generals are indispensable, as are capable ministers and officials.
Especially in the area of internal affairs.
It is conceivable that at that time, Zhu Ying's backbone will definitely be on the battle, so there must be such a person who can help him stabilize the rear.
After just a brief moment of reflection, Zhu Ying thought of her cousin Zhu Gaochi, whom she had become friends with in Peiping.
In fact, the main reason why Zhu Ying prefers Zhu Gaochi is because of ideological agreement.
Especially when it comes to treating people.
Historically, Zhu Gaochi had a good reputation among the people. He was not as ruthless as Zhu Di, nor was he as suave and arrogant as his brother Zhu Gaoxu.
Through his practical political measures, he advocated putting people first and developing production, which not only broke the harsh political atmosphere of the court, but also achieved the goal of winning over people's hearts and established an excellent image of being close to the people.
During his reign, Zhu Di paid special attention to meritorious service, especially because of his unfair access to the throne. He was always eager to expand the territory and prove that he was the best candidate for the emperor.
During his reign, the southern expedition to Vietnam and the northern expedition to Mongolia were a series of military operations, and behind each military operation it was the common people who paid for Zhu Di.
If Zhu Di hadn't had a good son, Zhu Gaochi, who served as the crown prince for twenty years and served as a supervisor for ten years to help him run the Yongle era, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to use foreign troops so frequently.
Throughout the Ming Dynasty, there were many strange emperors, but Zhu Gaochi was a truly benevolent and wise king.
This is also what Zhu Ying admires most about him.
While Zhu Gaochi was still struggling in his heart, a eunuch entered Prince Yan's palace.
"In compliance with the order of the Emperor Taisun, the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi is summoned to Kunning Palace for an audience."
Zhu Gaochi, holding the decree in his hand, felt a little complicated, but Xu Yihua was very happy, which meant that his grandson had not forgotten his cousin.
Following his mother's instructions, Zhu Gaochi followed the eunuch into the carriage and went straight to Kunning Palace.
It was at this time of year that the Kamikaze General came to Japan.
Most of the soldiers of the Ming Army lived inland. It can be said that 80% of the soldiers had never been exposed to a typhoon.
The remaining 20% live along the coast of Ming Dynasty.
When a hurricane comes, the first place it lands is the southern part of Kyushu Island.
This place is where the Ming army first landed.
If Feng Sheng hadn't given the order, all the ships would have returned to transport grain and avoid the hurricane.
I am afraid that at this time, just like the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, most of the warships were destroyed.
In the absence of detection methods, no one knows how violent this hurricane will be.
Feng Sheng stood on the short city wall and looked at the horrifying scene in the distance, feeling awe in his heart.
"Uncle, go and hide in the cellar. I have asked the Japanese about the scale of this hurricane. It is even more powerful than before."
Feng Cheng was on the low wall of the Japanese country, looking at the darkness spreading in the distance while persuading.
"Wait a minute, I want to take a closer look at the differences between the hurricanes in Japan and the hurricanes coming from the coast of Ming Dynasty."
"Don't worry, I have my own sense of caution. I will naturally go to the cellar to take shelter before the hurricane comes."
Feng Sheng said, looking into the distance without blinking, staring intently.
Because Feng Sheng knew it very well, and through his understanding of the Japanese people, he knew that hurricanes were very common in the Japanese country.
And every year when a hurricane occurs, Kyushu Island is the first to come.
It can be said that the entire Kyushu Island is ravaged by hurricanes every year, and many Japanese people who have lived on Kyushu Island for many years have even become accustomed to it.
"Since my uncle has not left yet, there is no reason for my nephew to leave first."
"Nephew, just wait here for your uncle to go in together." Feng Cheng said firmly.
Feng Sheng didn't say anything, he just looked at the hurricane in the distance quietly.
There was also an increasingly strong wind, which was even whistling in the air.
In the distance, the hurricane is getting closer and closer.
I saw the frightened birds screaming, and the fearful beasts fleeing. The flying birds screamed, and the beasts fled.
Suddenly a wild horse burst into action, and six flying hawks retreated. They attacked the soil bag and became furious, plundering all the orifices and screaming.
After a while, everyone suddenly covered their faces and held their breath, like wild horses running loose and water birds flying vigorously.
In a short while, the rows of houses were broken down, and the tiled houses were destroyed. The huge rocks were struck with straw, and the trees were pulled up. The force was overwhelming, and the sound shook the Kun axis.
A few days later, strong winds came, destroying houses and breaking windows, knocking out tiles and cracking windows, hitting boulders, and uprooting trees. The force was like a sea, and the sound shook the universe.
Suspicious of Pingyi's wrath, he held the Marquis of Yang and killed him. The billows of thousands of feet were blown up to reach the valley of the mausoleum, which was hundreds of feet tall.
Swallowing mud and sand in a roll, falling off the cliff and touching it again. Thousands of horses galloping together in pursuit, thousands of chariots competing for each other. Tigers and leopards are frightened, whales, salamanders and oxen frown.
Swallowing mud and sand is like rolls of paper, tearing down dry and decaying cliffs. Like thousands of horses galloping together, and like thousands of cars racing. Tigers and leopards are frightened, and whale salamanders are running away.
At this time, the eyes of Feng Sheng and his nephew Feng Cheng were filled with shock.
In front of the power of heaven and earth, human power seems so insignificant that there is no possibility of resistance.