At the end of the afternoon, Yunxi met Zhu Di who came to surrender in his tent.
Since Zhu Di had surrendered, he would not pretend to be a master just to show his "integrity" or "aesthetic value". After seeing Yunxi, he immediately knelt down and claimed that he deserved death.
Due to various considerations, Yunxi was very angry about Zhu Di's rebellion, but he did not say too much to Zhu Di. He justly criticized him for his rebellious behavior.
Then Yunhe issued an order, ordering Xu Huizu to lead the troops, and at the same time he also took Zhu Di to surrender the city of Beiping.
On the seventh day of November, Yunxi learned the news that Zhu Gaochi, who was staying in Beiping City, surrendered on the fifth day of November, ending the rebellion in Hebei.
On the same day, Yunxi also received news that civil strife broke out among the rebels in Jinan City after seeing Lu Yuan being captured alive and hearing that Qingzhou and other places had been lost. Xie Cheng could not control the situation and committed suicide by taking poison. Some people opened the city to welcome the king's division. city.
So far, although there are still some prefectures and counties in the Dongchang Prefecture area that are still occupied by the remnants of the rebels, the main force of the rebels has either surrendered or been destroyed, and all the named rebel civil servants and generals have been killed or captured. The remaining They have become rogues and there is no need to worry. It can be said that this rebellion has been put down.
After the rebellion is put down, it is natural to deal with related follow-up matters. The most important thing among them is not to deal with the rebels, nor to reward them based on their merits, but to thoroughly characterize the rebellion.
The true answer to the Shandong rebellion was obtained through the interrogation of the captured generals of the three guards of the former King of Qi. Yunxi felt that the true answer could be announced, so he used this as a reason to announce it to the outside world and record it in history books.
However, Yunxi was quite dumbfounded after learning the true reason for Xie Cheng's rebellion. In the end, even if this reason was announced, it might not be believed by everyone, so the reason why Yunxi ordered it to be announced was: Xie Cheng also once acted for The accomplices of King Zhu Su of Qi were afraid that the court would punish him after the rebellion in Prince Qi's Mansion was put down, so he followed the rebellion.
As for the Yan army, Yunxi thought about it and decided not to characterize the matter as a rebellion. Instead, Zhu Di went south without the permission of the court in order to prevent the rebellion in Shandong from becoming too large. As for the several encounters, they were all misunderstandings. .
Although this reason cannot be concealed, in the last two days when the Yan army was besieged, as long as a general with more than a hundred households knew the truth, Yunxi announced it and ordered it to be included in his "Records" and Various official history books compiled by the imperial court.
As for the suspicion of the literati, it is not important. The two important parties, Yunxi and Zhu Di, insisted that the literati could do nothing. At most, they could just write it down in their diaries. Yunxi didn't care, he just wanted to A past that can be explained and a reason that does not affect the unity of the royal family will be enough.
Of course, Zhu Di still needs to be punished. Zhu Di himself wrote a letter in person to resign from the throne of King Yan on the grounds that he was old and sick. Zhu Gaochi resigned from the throne of Prince Yan on the grounds that he was in poor health and was unable to take on the important responsibilities. Zhu Gaoxu then first He was named the Crown Prince of Yan, and then the King of Yan, and got what he dreamed of.
As for whether this reason can fool people who don't know the truth, Yunxi thinks it can. Zhu Biao Hongwu passed away in the twenty-fifth year (1392 AD), Zhu Feng Hongwu passed away in the twenty-eighth year (1395 AD), and Zhu Fan Hongwu died three years ago. He passed away in the eleventh year (1398). This year is the first year of Jianye (1399). According to the practice of his three brothers, he will die in two years. Is it strange that he is in poor health now? Although Zhu Di has another history Lived for more than twenty years.
As for Zhu Gaochi, who is famous for his poor health, he can be fooled even more.
However, some people still had different opinions on letting Zhu Gaoxu inherit the throne. Xu Huizu went to Yunxi and said: "Your Majesty, although the prince of Gaoyang County is brave and resourceful and good at leading troops in war, he is a bit cruel and rebellious at heart.
Your Majesty, you should think twice about calling him the King of Yan!"
Of course Yunxi knew what Zhu Gaoxu was like based on his performance in history, but he had no choice. The reasons announced to the outside world were just to fool people, and everyone knew the truth. And Zhu Gaoxu made a lot of contributions in suppressing the rebellion, and
He is the only one of Zhu Di's three sons who is on the side of the court. If he is not the king of Yan, who should be the king of Yan? And since Yunxi did not declare Zhu Di's rebellion, he must appoint a king of Yan. So it can only be Zhu Gaoxu.
But Yunxi said: "Xu Aiqing, I know this."
After deciding on the characterization of the rebellion, the next logical step would be to reward the rebels based on their merits or deal with them, but Yunxi did something that puzzled many people.
Yunxi ordered: Find a father and son among the three guards of King Yan. The father is about thirty to forty years old, and the son is sixteen years old or older. Both father and son are in the three guards of King Yan at this time. The father is probably from a hundred households.
He has an official position, and his son is an ordinary soldier. In addition, both father and son have the surname Sun. "We must find him, no matter whether he is dead or alive," Yunxi said.
Moreover, Yunxi was very nervous when he issued this order, and his facial expression completely revealed his nervousness. Even Wang Xizai, who had been following Yunxi, only saw this expression of Yunxi for the third time. The first time
The first time was when he learned that Concubine Lu wanted to kill him, and the second time was when Zhu Yuanzhang was urgently notified to return from Sizhou's ancestral mausoleum before Zhu Yuanzhang died. Even this time when he suppressed the rebellion, he learned that Zhu Di might rebel.
This has never happened before.
After Yunxi gave the order, the three guards of King Yan naturally began to wonder who met Yunxi's conditions. Then a father and son were revealed.
"What? Your Majesty wants to see me and my son? How is that possible!" Sun Shao, who was queuing up to eat with his son Sun Rui under the supervision of the Yulin Guards, even dropped the rice bowl in his hands to the ground, but he didn't notice it at all.
Jue: "How could your Majesty find us two!" He really couldn't believe it.
In fact, not only did he dare not, but even Zhang Yu, who came to send him a message, couldn't believe it at first. Zhang Yu was because his eldest son Zhang Fu was on Yunxi's side. Although Zhu Di still trusted him on the surface, there were important things.
He was not allowed to do it, so he never had the chance to show his face before.
However, Zhang Yu heard Yunxi give the order with his own ears. At that time, Yunxi called all the people from the three guards of Yanwang and above to give the order.
Zhang Yu said: "Yes, His Majesty is talking about you and his son. Stop queuing up for food here and follow me to see Your Majesty."
Then Zhang Yu took Sun Shao, who was a little confused and stared, and Sun Rui and his son went to Yunxi's tent.