In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Zhu Yunwen is a good boy.
He is obedient and sensible, very similar to the character of Prince Zhu Biao, elegant and peaceful.
But unlike Prince Zhu Biao, he was not born in a war-torn era, so Zhu Yunwen did not have any talent for military affairs. He had been influenced by Confucian culture for a long time and had no violent temper.
Such a good boy suddenly said that he was going to capture the city and become a king overseas. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe it.
"Did you say something to Dasun, so Yunwen wanted to capture the city?"
After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Yuanzhang still asked.
Dasun was a very powerful person, and Zhu Yuanzhang knew this very well. In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Zhu Yunwen would have to flee the capital even if he founded the country overseas. The mystery in this must have fallen on Dasun.
When he asked this, it felt like he was questioning him. After all, Zhu Yunwen had always grown up by his side and had a happy relationship with him. Now that he was having such a brother-in-law fight, he felt a little uncomfortable.
Feeling the unhappiness in the old man's heart, Zhu Ying also expressed his understanding, and then explained: "Grandpa, please don't misunderstand me. How could your grandson do such a thing? The key to this lies in Mr. Lu."
Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly startled, Lu?
"Is it possible that Yunwen wanted to go to capture the city because of Lu's intention?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately understood the cause and effect.
The eldest grandson's biological mother is Chang, and Lu is just his stepwife. But now Lu is the crown prince, and the eldest son, Zhu Biao, has passed away.
There is no problem now, but a hundred years from now, when the eldest grandson inherits the throne, the Lu family's status will become extremely embarrassing.
Previously, the eldest grandson had been living in Kunning Palace. Even though he had been canonized, he had no intention of going to the East Palace.
The key to this is not as simple as what Dasun said about growing up here. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang knew it very well in his heart.
Judging from the current situation, Lu and Yun Wen are like orphans and widowed mothers. It would be a bit sad if they were driven out of the East Palace.
Zhu Yuanzhang has always felt guilty about Yun Wen.
From the perspective of the charter, although Yun Wen did not go through a formal canonization ceremony, as an emperor, his golden words were equivalent to giving an oral edict in the court and personally canonizing him as a grandson.
According to the royal rules, which are the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang himself in the Huang Ming Ancestor Instructions, if the crown prince has bad moral character, once he is enthroned, he cannot be abolished without authorization.
But now, Zhu Yuanzhang himself took the lead and broke this rule first, and he broke it so obviously that there was no room for change.
Although Zhu Yunwen did not say anything from beginning to end, including the news obtained from the Chief of Ceremonies, and no words of resentment were found from Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he must be aggrieved and unwilling in his heart.
"Dasun agreed to Yunwen to capture the city." Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh, and then asked.
Zhu Ying nodded: "My grandson has already agreed."
Zhu Yuanzhang was quite sad and said: "Yunwen is weak-tempered and usually has difficulty competing with others. Although we have never been to Champa City, it is located in the West. Compared with the capital, it can be described as barren."
"In the Western Region, regional forces are complicated, wars are endless, and turmoil continues. It is a land of foreign barbarians, and there is no theory of Chinese culture and etiquette."
"Yun Wen has been studying Confucianism and literature. When he went there, he probably didn't even have anyone to communicate with. Maybe he wouldn't get used to it."
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be sighing, but in fact he was telling Da Sun that he didn't want Zhu Yunwen to suffer in the past.
The one he cares about most in his heart is naturally his eldest grandson, but with his current outstanding performance, there is actually nothing to worry about. To put it bluntly, even if he dies now, he can rest in peace.
Sometimes when he was in Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang even thought about leaving it alone and going to find his eldest sister to tell his eldest sister that his eldest grandson had returned.
But whenever he thinks about this, he can always imagine a scene, that is, the big girl scolding him.
The eldest sister will definitely scold herself, why can't she spend more time with her grandson? After a hundred years, they will all be down there, not staying as long as they want.
Besides, the little great-grandson hasn’t been born yet.
I also have to take care of my great-grandson.
If it was a boy, he would be the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
However, the royal family is a big family. After the eldest grandson is settled here, Zhu Yuanzhang will naturally love the other princes and grandsons.
If the eldest sister was here, the third and fourth children would definitely not get into such trouble.
How could Zhu Yuanzhang not know about the dispute between King Zhu Fan of Jin and King Zhu Di of Yan, but he was not good at persuading, especially his own children.
When Empress Ma was around, there were many adopted sons, but Empress Ma could make them live in harmony and make the brothers work together.
Later, there were more biological children, and they were all under the control of Queen Ma. Everyone was obedient to the eldest brother Zhu Biao. There were some minor frictions, but Queen Ma came around and made peace, and they were all harmonious.
Since the death of Empress Ma, Zhu Yuanzhang has been immersed in government affairs and has naturally neglected a lot of the family ties between the princes.
The current palace no longer has the vitality it once had.
After listening to the old man's story, Zhu Ying knew that the old man also loved Zhu Yunwen, so he explained: "Actually, grandpa, you don't have to worry too much. The coastal areas of the city are where our Ming Dynasty maritime trade routes are located."
"My grandson is preparing to start the Maritime Silk Road. This city is the first stop. It may be a bit deserted at the moment, but it will naturally become lively in a short time."
"Moreover, the speed of sailing on the sea is fast. If the wind and sails are favorable, a trip to the capital will not be far."
"My grandson has already told Yun Wen that by then not only Yun Wen will lead the troops there, but also enough manpower from my grandson's side will go over to help with the construction of the occupied city."
"Of course it's worse than the capital city, but even if you look at the Jiangnan area, it's still prosperous enough."
Hearing what the eldest grandson said, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that he would be wrong, so he said with a smile: "That's very good. I won't hide it from the eldest grandson. In our hearts, the most important thing is that you brothers can live in harmony." Harmonious."
"This Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of the old Zhu family. This world cannot be completely controlled by the emperor alone."
"The so-called brothers fighting the tiger, father and son fighting in the battle, I believe that as long as you all can work together, the Ming Dynasty will become more and more powerful in the future."
Zhu Ying nodded in agreement.
Just as the grandfather and grandson were chatting, outside the Huagai Hall, a guard in golden clothes came to play.
"Your Majesty, Wang Yue, the commander of the Yangzhou Guard, Sun Shixian, the commander of the Gaoyou Guard, Hou Meng, the commander of the Taicang Guard, and Xu Cheng, the commander of the Xin'anwei capital, found their bodies at the dock outside Zhengyangmen in the morning and were brutally murdered. "
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this, and then he became angry and shouted: "Who dares to be so bold as to kill our guard commander?"
The Jin Yiwei who presented the report suddenly became a little panicked and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the murderer has not yet been found out. The Jin Yiwei are working hard to investigate."
Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly: "If we remember correctly, these four people are not the guards of the capital. They are distributed all over the country. How come they all died in the capital."
"Could it be possible that someone killed him in the guard station and brought him to the capital to provoke us?"
The Jin Yiwei below suddenly did not dare to speak.
"Jiang Wei, tell me." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Wei and said.
Jiang Wei quickly knelt down on one knee and said: "These four people left their posts without permission due to the transfer of thousands of households in the guard station. They came to the capital specifically to find ways to cancel the transfer of thousands of households."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little gloomy.
It is a relatively common situation for a military attache to be bold. Even if he is caught, it will basically not be too punishing.
But when four commanders were surrounded and killed, the situation was completely different.
He even dumped his body outside the capital, which was extremely bad.
After just a brief thought, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that this was to place the death of the four commanders directly on the imperial court.
The person behind the scenes wanted to create a gap between the guard and the court.
Thinking of this, the anger on Zhu Yuanzhang's face disappeared, and he looked at Dasun with understanding.
When Zhu Ying saw the old man looking at her with solemn eyes, she realized that the old man had the same idea as her and nodded slightly.
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and asked the Jin Yiwei to go out, and then snorted coldly: "It seems that this matter is coming towards our grandfather and grandson."
"Now that the grassland campaign is about to begin, Da Sun just proposed to take this opportunity to reorganize the guards, so someone took advantage of this opportunity to assassinate the four commanders of the capital and put the blame on the imperial court, so as to drive a wedge between the various guards and the imperial court."
Zhu Ying nodded and replied: "They also plotted against grandpa, hoping that grandpa would not allow his grandson to go to Liaodong. If the guard soldiers are not stable, with grandpa's love for his grandson, they will definitely not let his grandson go to the north.
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"As a result, the commander of the Northern Expedition must be replaced."
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Lanyu!"
"Only Lan Yu has this motive. In order to ensure victory in this Northern Expedition, we will definitely send Lan Yu out."
"If Da Sun cannot go, Lan Yu can go and win. With this great victory, Lan Yu's reputation will resound throughout the Ming Dynasty again."
Having said this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face began to darken, and murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Seeing this, Zhu Ying smiled bitterly and said: "That's not what my grandson thought. There is a high probability that Lan Yu is not the person behind the scenes. He even felt that the person behind this wanted to frame Lan Yu for the purpose."
Borrow Grandpa's hand to get rid of Lan Yu."
"At present, Lan Yu doesn't value credit very much. After what happened before, no matter how stupid he is, he won't do such a thing."
"In Lan Yu's current thoughts, she does want to go to the grasslands to fight and make achievements, but more importantly, she wants to express herself in front of her grandchildren, not for merit."
"At the beginning of spring, Lan Yu came back after putting down the Shaanxi rebellion. Grandpa only gave him a small reward. It means that if it were Lan Yu in the past, he would definitely be criticized."
"This time, my grandson specially ordered Jin Yiwei to monitor him, and he found that Lan Yu didn't care at all about merit and rewards. With the shares of the brewery that his grandson had given him previously, he now has enough treasure money to distribute dividends every month. His thoughts have already
It is no longer above corruption and bribery.”
The analysis of the grandfather and grandson is very accurate. At present, only four commanders are known to have died, and the clues are so scarce, it is already estimated that such a situation has been reached.
Jiang Wei and Liu He in the palace were frightened when they heard this.
Most people have never seen such calculations before. Even His Majesty has never planned with anyone like this before, and no one is qualified to discuss it with His Majesty.
Later generations have said that among the founding emperors of the past and present, Li Shimin was the strongest in terms of military ability, followed by Zhu Yuanzhang, which shows that Zhu Yuanzhang was the best in decision-making and planning.
There is nothing wrong with suspecting Lan Yu. After all, in terms of vested interests, Lan Yu is currently the most suspicious.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while and said: "It seems that after this behind the scenes, we may still be acquainted. We have to be acquaintances to take into account our thoughts."
"This person must be a general and sergeant. He has a high position and holds real power. Last but not least, he is also a first-class officer in the command room of the garrison."
"But in this case, the scope will be larger."
Zhu Ying thought for a while and said: "The four commanders have all fought in the world with my grandfather. They are very skilled in martial arts. Even if there are ten or twenty people, they may not be able to compete with four people, at least they will not make the slightest noise.
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"It can be seen that the person who did it did not kill by force, but was most likely poisoned."
"There must be clues to the poisoning plan, and it must be the four of them, or someone familiar with them, that makes the four of them unwary."
"Now we can only wait for the investigation to be carried out first, and then we can narrow down the scope of the search."
Zhu Ying paused and continued: "To suddenly do such a thing at this time, I think this person must have resentment in his heart and be bewitched by others."
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed and he said: "What Da Sun means is that it has something to do with the remnants of the Hu Party."
Zhu Ying nodded and said: "This person must have been favored by Hu Weiyong. That Wang Yue's name was seen by my grandson on the list given by his grandfather. He was Lan Yu's former general."
"I think he is probably from Huaixi."
This incident was quite sudden, beyond Zhu Ying's expectation. Perhaps it was a butterfly flapping its wings.
The Sapphire Eucalyptus, which was supposed to be released this year, disappeared under Zhu Ying's operation. If in the original history, this person was probably involved, and naturally nothing like what happened now would have happened.
But he survived, so he was qualified to make plans.
Hu Weiyong and Zhu Yuanzhang punished the nine clans of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong for "unruly plots". At the same time, they killed the imperial censor Chen Ning, Zhongcheng Tujie and several others. In the following years, they were deeply implicated.
As the prime minister, Hu Weiyong's monopoly power made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely afraid, and he promoted Hu Party without any scruples.
In the eyes of those who were promoted, they were naturally grateful to Hu Weiyong. Some of them still remain, which is normal. After all, the entire Huaixi Xungui Group has not been eradicated.
They are all fellow villagers, and their relationship is so complicated that even Zhu Yuanzhang can't sort it out.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were sharp and he said, "They are probably the remnants of the Hu Party. We want to see who is spared by us and dares to do this without knowing what is good or bad."