The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 447 The Value of Zhu Gaochi

The news of His Highness the grandson's return to the palace spread widely the next day, and almost everyone who cared about it knew about it.

In Yan Wang's mansion, the princess said to her eldest son Zhu Gaochi: "Chi'er, maybe you should go to the palace to see your elder brother."

"Now your father is fighting in the Wa country, and the rear is all counting on us."

"Even if there is no benefit, there should not be too much trouble."

Regarding the issue on the grassland, we have been paying attention to it.

I also understand the purpose of Taisun's return this time.

"Mother, I'll go over just now when the eldest brother comes back, I'm afraid it's not good." Zhu Gaochi swayed his body and said hesitantly.

In fact, he has always disliked him and approached his elder brother with a purpose.

Although Zhu Gaochi is not very old now, because of his experience, he already has a very calm feeling and has some ideas of his own.

He naturally understood what mother meant.

Even if it doesn't mean that the eldest brother is facing the father, at least in terms of emotional bonds, he may not be so secretive about the father.

But in Zhu Gaochi's heart, the eldest brother is a very good person, and he never said what he would do to his father.

Even from the point of view of behavior, except for Master Daoyan's affairs, the eldest brother has tried his best to satisfy his father's ideas in other aspects.

When Xu Yihua heard the elder son say this, he first frowned slightly, and then he relaxed and said: "Chi'er, there are times when we can't gamble."

"Because once you lose the bet, you may have nothing."

"As long as we can get it, we must go for it. Mother knows that you don't want to interfere too much with the grandson, but you have to understand that no matter how prejudiced your father is against you, he It's your father."

"Except for the matter of the son, your father does have some ideas of his own, but other than that, your father has never treated you badly."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi quickly replied: "Mother, I didn't mean that."

"I just think it's too obvious that it will easily cause dissatisfaction with the elder brother."

Xu Yihua looked at her eldest son and was slightly silent.

In fact, Xu Yihua has always loved Zhu Gaochi very much.

Zhu Di and Xu Yihua have been baby relatives since they were young, a young couple, and their relationship is very deep.

In the 11th year of Hongwu, Xu, who was only 16 years old, gave birth to Zhu Di, the eldest son Zhu Gaochi.

Based on Zhu Gaochi's matrilineal family relationship, he is the grandson of Xu Da. His matrilineal family background is much more noble than that of ordinary grandsons at that time, like his cousin, the later Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunqi's matrilineal family, and the princess's concubine. The Lu family is far inferior.

Zhu Gaochi's status as the eldest son from the moment of birth meant that Zhu Gaochi would be valued by Zhu Di and Xu's family. Zhu Di and his wife attached great importance to Zhu Gaochi's quality education.

Since Zhu Gaochi had read Confucian classics since he was a child, he was generous and righteous, and he admired benevolent government, so Zhu Yuanzhang liked this grandson very much and would praise him.

Zhu Gaochi's obesity is not caused by laziness. In Zhu Ying's view, it is probably an invisible disease.

Because Zhu Gaochi was not so fat when he was young, Zhu Gaochi was still very brave when he was young, and he was quite good at riding and shooting.

When we met in Peiping, 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 found that even if she went on a diet to lose weight, she could not change the reality of getting fatter.

It's really the feeling that drinking water will make you fat.

That is to say, in the original Zhu Gaochi, he was the eldest son of a vassal prince with both civil and military skills.

The two younger brothers are far inferior.

Only when he became obese and started to be out of breath when walking, did Zhu Gaochi calm down and study hard.

After a long time, he developed a character that prefers to be quiet and not to move. In addition, he lived a life of luxury since childhood, which made him become a big fat man later.

Few people know that Zhu Gaochi, the eldest son of Zhu Di, King of Yan, actually has an unknown side in terms of military talent.

Historically, it was not revealed until the year Zhu Di rebelled.

After Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne, he began to severely cut down the vassals. Several vassal kings were abolished, and Zhu Di was eventually forced to rebel 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, and let Zhu Gaochi guard the base camp of Beiping.

When Zhu Di was fighting on the front line, Zhu Gaochi was in Beiping to consolidate the rear for him, and at the same time provided strong logistical supplies and military supplies, so that Zhu Di could devote himself to fighting Zhu Yunqi'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 a mistake because of the problem of food and grass in the Jingnan battle.

Just on this point alone, it is enough to see that Zhu Gaochi is very good in internal affairs.

The embodiment of military talent was when Li Jinglong led an army to surprise Beiping.

At that time, Zhu Di captured Duoyan Sanwei in Daning, and Beiping was guarded by only [-] to [-] old and weak soldiers led by Zhu Gaochi, but Zhu Gaochi was able to stay calm. With the advantage of the weather, the frozen city of Beiping resisted Li Jinglong's strong attack, and finally dragged it back until Zhu Di's reinforcements arrived. Li Jinglong was appointed, and he made great contributions.

After Li Jinglong's defeat in the battle, Fang Xiaoru, a civil servant, suggested to Zhu Yunqi a divorce plan to divorce Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di's father-son relationship. He will inherit the throne of King Yan.

Fang Xiaoru's divorce plan is really clever. Regardless of whether Zhu Gaochi accepts Zhu Yunqi's persuasion and canonization, as long as this matter is publicized with great fanfare, the father-son relationship between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di can be separated. If there is internal strife between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di, then Zhu Yunqi can easily calm down Zhu Di.

However, Zhu Gaochi didn't fall for Zhu Yunqi's plan to alienate him. When Zhu Yunqi's canonized envoy and edict arrived in Peiping, Zhu Gaochi didn't even look at it, and directly ordered someone to send the envoy and the unopened edict to the front line for Zhu Di's disposal.

Zhu Di was almost caught by the instigation of the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui, but he didn't dispel his doubts until he saw the unopened edict sent by Zhu Gaochi.

In the Battle of Jingnan, it was Zhu Gaochi who successfully guarded Zhu Di's base camp Beiping, so that Zhu Di could take Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaosui's two sons and other generals to kill the Quartet with peace of mind, and Zhu Gaochi was responsible for providing logistics supplies.

Therefore, the success of Zhu Dijing's difficult battle is at least [-]% 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 let his prince Zhu Gaochi supervise the country in Nanjing, which also allowed Zhu Gaochi to supervise the country six times. Zhu Gaochi has supervised the country for more than ten years.

You must know that Zhu Di has only been in power for a total of 22 years, and Zhu Gaochi spent almost half of Zhu Di's time in power in supervising the country.

During Zhu Di's reign, he controlled the basic military power, and he basically handed over the political power to Zhu Gaochi, so later generations joked that Zhu Di was just a mighty general under his son Zhu Gaochi, who was only in charge of fighting.

This is indeed the case, so despite the fact that Zhu Gaochi has only been in power for ten months, and his actual ruling time is far longer than his reign, Zhu Di's creation of Yongle Shengshi actually has at least half of Zhu Gaochi's achievements.

It can be said that Zhu Gaochi made remarkable achievements during his supervision of the country.

During the period of supervising the country, he relieved the victims, reclaimed wasteland, built dams, solved water transportation, and expanded granaries across the country. He also provided a strong supply guarantee for Zhu Di's Northern Expedition, which played a great role in the development of Yongle and prosperity. have laid a good foundation.

Therefore, "History of the Ming Dynasty" calls Zhu Gaochi's period of supervising the country as: Cheng Zu took the public opinion, went out to the north every year, and the East Palace supervised the country, and there was nothing wrong with the court.

The last sentence "there is no waste in the court" is the greatest recognition of Zhu Gaochi's supervision of the country. After 20 years of being the prince and ten years of supervising the country, in the end, Zhu Gaochi was appointed as the emperor for one year.

And when Xu Yihua and Zhu Gaochi were discussing the grandson, Zhu Ying was also thinking about who to follow to Liaodong.

Going to Liaodong is not just about fighting, but also about development.

So this time, there must be a large army, generals, and capable ministers and officials.

Especially when it comes to internal affairs.

It can be imagined that at that time, Zhu Ying's backbone must be above the battle, so there must be such a person who can help him stabilize the rear.

Just a brief moment of contemplation, Zhu Ying thought of his cousin, Zhu Gaochi, whom he had made friends with in Peiping.

In fact, the main reason why Zhu Ying is inclined to Zhu Gaochi lies in his ideological identification.

Especially when it comes to dealing with people.

In history, Zhu Gaochi has a good reputation among the common people. He is not as cruel as Zhu Di, nor as suave and arrogant as his brother Zhu Gaoxu.

Through his practical political measures, he advocated people-oriented and developed production, which not only broke the harsh political atmosphere of the imperial court, but also achieved the goal of winning people's hearts and established an excellent image of being close to the people.

During his reign, Zhu Di attached great importance to meritorious service, especially because of his improper position, 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 actions, and behind each military action were ordinary people who were paying for Zhu Di.

If Zhu Di hadn't had a good son, Zhu Gaochi, who had been the prince for 20 years and the supervisor of the country for [-] years to help him run the prosperous age of Yongle, I am afraid he would not be able to use foreign troops so frequently.

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, there were many wonderful emperors, but Zhu Gaochi was a real benevolent king, a wise king.

This is also what Zhu Ying admires most about him.

While Zhu Gaochi was still struggling, an eunuch entered the Yan Palace.

"Following the order of His Highness Taisun, call the eldest prince Zhu Gaochi to the Kunning Palace to have an audience."

Holding the decree in his hand, Zhu Gaochi felt a little complicated, but Xu Yihua was very happy, which showed that the grandson did not forget this cousin.

According to 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 Japanese country, the Kamikaze general.

Most of the soldiers of the Ming army lived inland. It can be said that [-]% of the soldiers had never been exposed to typhoons.

The remaining [-]% ​​lived on the coast of Daming.

When the hurricane came, the first landfall was the southern part of Kyushu Island.

This place is where the Ming army first landed.

If there is no order from Feng Sheng, let all the ships go back to transport food and avoid the hurricane along the way.

I am afraid that at this time, most of the warships will be destroyed once like Meng Yuan.

Now that there is no detection method, no one knows how violent this hurricane will be.

Standing on the small city wall, Feng Sheng looked at the horrifying scene in the distance, and couldn't help feeling awe in his heart.

"Uncle, go to the cellar and hide. I have asked the Japanese about the scale of the hurricane. It is even more violent than before."

Feng Cheng was persuading on the low wall of the Japanese country, watching the darkness that continued to spread from a distance.

"Wait a little longer, I want to take a good look at the hurricanes in this country, but how is it different from the hurricanes coming from the coast of Daming?"

"Don't worry, I have my own measure. Before the hurricane comes, I will naturally go to the cellar to hide."

Feng Sheng opened his mouth and said, his eyes looked into the distance, without blinking, staring fixedly.

Because it is very clear in Feng Sheng's heart, and through the understanding of the Japanese people, we know that in the Japanese country, hurricanes are very common.

And every year when a hurricane appears, Kyushu Island is the first to come.

It can be said that the entire Kyushu Island is ravaged by hurricanes every year. Many Japanese people who have lived in Kyushu Island for many years have even taken it for a long time.

"Since my uncle has not left, there is no reason for my nephew to leave first."

"Nephew, wait here for your uncle to go in together." Feng Cheng said firmly.

Feng Sheng didn't say anything, just quietly watching the hurricane in the distance.

There is also a growing strong wind, which roars even in the air.

In the distance, the hurricane is getting closer.

I saw the frightened bird screaming, and the terrifying beast turned away.The birds exclaimed, and the beasts ran away.

Suddenly the decisive step of the wild horse, retreating the flying six birds.Attacking the soil bag and furious, plundering all the orifices.

After a while, suddenly like a wild horse running wild, everyone covered their faces and held their breath like a flying water bird.

Shaoyan, the row of households was broken, and the tile house was destroyed.Hit boulders and pull out trees.Potential overturning Bo Li, resounding Zhenkun axis.

A little, strong winds come, destroying houses, tearing down roof tiles and splitting windows, hitting boulders, and pulling up trees.

Suspecting the anger of Ping Yi, he seized the Marquis of Yang and killed him.Drumming the waves of thousands of feet, supporting the valley of the mausoleum of hundreds of feet.

Swallow mud and sand in one volume, fall off the cliff and touch again.There are thousands of horses competing for each other, and thousands of chariots competing for each other.Tigers and leopards are frightened, and whale salamanders frown.

Swallowing mud and sand is like a roll of paper, destroying the cliffs.It's like a thousand horses galloping together, and it's like a thousand chariots competing.The tigers and leopards were frightened, and the whale salamanders ran away.

At this moment, the eyes of Feng Sheng and his nephew Feng Cheng were already full of shock.

In front of the power of heaven and earth, human power is so small that there is no possibility of resistance.

(End of this chapter)