Daming Zhu Di: Father, why aren't you dead? !

Chapter 228 Decryption: The Death of Zhu Jianshen!After Chenghua, who will be the emperor? !
"Since ancient times, beauties have a bad fate and are not allowed to grow old in the world."

Lao Zhu sighed softly.

After taking the throne, Lao Zhu occasionally cultivated his sentiments. He had watched the scene of Farewell My Concubine performed with love by many theater troupes.

But no matter how good the troupe is, what they perform is just what they perform, and nothing can compare to seeing it live.

'wrong. '

Ji Boying, on the other hand, had no time to appreciate the poignant scene of Farewell My Concubine.

His eyes have been on Xiang Yu and Yu Ji from beginning to end, looking for possible historical loopholes in these two people.

suddenly.

At the moment when Yuji Zhusha burst into tears and was about to commit suicide with her sword.

Xiang Yu was so fast that he grabbed the blade and let the blood flow from his palm.

"How can you abandon me if you bear this responsibility with your body?"

"Liu Bang, a villain, is nothing more than hundreds of thousands of ants."

"With Wu Zui and Overlord Halberd alone, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Xiang Yu raised his hand and wiped away the tears from the corners of Yu Ji's eyes.

"Husband..."

Yu Ji paused, burst into tears, and threw herself into Xiang Yu's arms.

Lao Zhu on the side was stunned for a moment, why was this plot different from what he had seen performed by the troupe?

"Brother, why do we feel something is not right? It is clearly not written this way in the history books. Could it be that Grand Historian made it up again?"

Hearing this, Ji Boying didn't say anything, but frowned.

This place is a loophole.

The original historical process should have been ended by Yu Ji with a sword, and then the drama "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Separation of Yin and Yang" were staged.

then.

The King of Chu turned his inner grief and anger into strength, and led his eight hundred elite cavalry to break through the encirclement and rush out of Gaixia. After being chased all the way, Wujiang committed suicide.

But now Xiang Yu obviously has no intention of breaking out.

Instead, he led Yu Ji to self-destruct under the Gaixia. This posture was going to blow up one of Liu Ji's legs.

"gone."

Ji Boying thought for a moment and then said something.

Swish.

Ji Boying and Lao Zhu disappeared instantly.

but.

Along with Ji Boying, not only Lao Zhu, but also Yu Ji in Xiang Yu's arms disappeared.

In an instant, the Overlord of Western Chu was preparing to have one last round of affection with Yu Ji, and then go out to kill someone with his sword.

The whole person was stunned for a moment. He subconsciously looked down at his empty arms and couldn't react at all.

What about people? !
With a flash in front of his eyes, Xiang Yu suddenly saw him.

Half a foot away in front of him, there was a woman in red lying in a pool of blood. Under Xiang Yu's gaze, the body of the woman in red turned into red flowers and completely disappeared before his eyes.

The heavy pupils in his eyes suddenly shrank.

Everything is like a dream.

Xiang Yu subconsciously grabbed forward, but in the end he couldn't catch anything.

........................

After a few hours.

On a starry night and in the early morning, there is a small boat on the bank of Wujiang River, parked quietly on this shore.

On the boat, there were two people standing side by side, a boatman and an old farmer.

"Brother, isn't it a bit unethical for us to do this?"

At this time, Lao Zhu, who was wearing the clothes of an old farmer, always felt that he had become unclean.

First, he engaged in a wave of exciting kidnapping activities, kidnapping Yu Ji from the overlord's tent in Western Chu, and then became a gangster on the banks of the Wujiang River.

Lao Zhu never thought that he could have such a magical experience in this life.

Who could have imagined that the Emperor Taizu, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, actually robbed a boatman.

Is this a corruption of human ethics or a loss of morality?
At the same time, on the other side of the Wujiang River.

There was a poor boatman who had just experienced his first robbery in his life and had all his clothes stripped off. He was shivering with cold and squatting on the shore, with snot and tears in his eyes. His eyes looked pitiful and helpless, but also filled with tears. Confuse.

The boatman was rowing the boat well, but suddenly two big men came up. Without saying anything, they took off his clothes in broad daylight. It was simply unbelievable!

What made the boatman even more angry was that just when he was about to accept his fate and sacrifice his precious blood.

Suddenly, I discovered that these two beasts only took off their own clothes. After taking off their clothes, they threw themselves on the river bank and ran away in their own boat.

Boatman: (｀д′)!Am I that unattractive? !
"No problem."

Ji Boying calmly replied to Lao Zhu.

In fact, Ji Boying could realize the clothes of a boatman, but he really couldn't imagine what clothes a boatman should wear these days. If he couldn't imagine it, he couldn't realize it, so he simply borrowed it.

As for the whole process, Ji Boying first took Yu Ji away from Xiang Yu's tent, and used holographic projection to create a wave of pictures for Xiang Yu of Yu Ji committing suicide and turning into red flowers and dissipating, in order to allow Xiang Yu to accept Yu Ji according to the historical script. The fact that Ji is dead continues to break through.

then.

In order to ensure that Xiang Yu could reach the Wujiang River smoothly, Ji Boying also arranged for Lao Zhu to replace the old farmer who showed the way. This is why Lao Zhu wore simple farmer's clothes.

At last.

Ji Boying himself transformed into a boatman and waited on the bank of Wujiang River.

and.

On the bank of Wujiang River, there is a figure in red, waiting quietly. This woman in red is Yu Ji who was taken away by Ji Boying.

This was Yu Ji's long-cherished wish, and Ji Boying simply fulfilled her wish.

"Brother, here we come."

Lao Zhu looked up and said aloud.

Ji Boying also stared intently. ,
As the horse's hooves rolled, as expected, a horse was galloping from the distance. This horse did not stop until the bank of Wujiang River. This was Xiang Yu, whose whole body was stained with blood.

At this moment, Xiang Yu reined in his horse and stood up, his tired eyes no longer showing any tiredness.

He no longer cared about the Han army chasing behind him. At this time, his eyes only fell on one person, that was the woman running towards him.

The red dress is elegant and light as a dream.

Xiang Yu got off the horse and opened his arms.

flutter.

"The King of Han has issued an order. Anyone who kills Xiang Yu will be rewarded with thousands of gold coins and be granted the title of Marquis of ten thousand households!"

The Han army, which was pursuing them in a turbulent manner, rushed forward in a frantic manner.

"Afraid?"

Yu Ji is in my arms, smiling like a flower.

"Not afraid."

Xiang Yu smiled.

Holding Yu Ji in his left hand and holding a sword in the other, he looked calmly at these Han soldiers, his eyes looking down at the world.

"Today, Gu Su died."

"But he is still the Overlord of Western Chu!"

On the wooden boat on the bank of Wujiang River, Ji Boying calmly watched the scene of the hero's end.

Compared with the previous historical changes, it only changed the place of death of Yu Ji. From the current point of view, this change will not trigger any butterfly effect.

Swish.

The wooden boat was empty and there was no one left.

..............................

In Hongwu time and space, there is an elegant room on the top of the drunk fairy pavilion.

The moment Ji Boying returned with Lao Zhu, in front of his eyes, a subtitle with enlarged fonts and golden light popped up.

"NB"

The general meaning of this subtitle is that the bounty mission has been completed and "NB" has been obtained.

but.

There was one thing that made Ji Boying quite unexpected.

Because it was the first bounty mission, the dog system gave double rewards, which also meant "NB+2".

And "NB+2" can be exchanged for a key to restart the door of time and space.

Ji Boying directly redeemed the "Secret Key of the Door" without any hesitation.

"Brother, what was the purpose of what we did just now?"

After returning, Lao Zhu couldn't help but ask questions while taking off his old peasant clothes and putting on his handsome and mighty dragon robe.

He always felt that this trip was a blur, and he had no idea what he was doing.

"Don't understand."

Ji Boying was too lazy to explain this to Lao Zhu, and there was no way to explain these things.

Fortunately.

After this wave of experiments, Ji Boying discovered that this bounty task was not as difficult as imagined, and it was a type of care package that sent blood packages.

Take a deep breath and let your thoughts flow.

"Whether to restart the gate of time and space"

"whether"

Faced with this choice, Ji Boying directly chose "yes" without any hesitation.

Then, there was a brief silence.

Lao Zhu on the side saw that Ji Boying was always frowning and did not continue to ask questions. He also looked very solemn.

In Lao Zhu's opinion, his brother must have encountered some problem while traveling as an immortal.

After about half a cup of tea.

"Reminder: The gate of Chenghua time and space has been opened and is valid for 24 hours."

A golden subtitle suddenly lit up in front of Ji Bo's eagle eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

We can also understand the validity period of this time and space gate.

The original rule was that for the long-term opening of the gate of time and space, the namer of time and space must still be alive.

So what Ji Boying has to do now is to find out how Zhu Jianshen died within 24 hours, and then get a "NB" to exchange for "time and space regression" to trace back the time and space of Chenghua to the timeline before Zhu Jianshen's death.

"Come with me to Chenghua."

Ji Boying closed the light curtain in front of him, looked at Lao Zhu and said.

"it is good."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu, who had just changed into his dragon robe, nodded.

Just as he was about to set off, he suddenly frowned slightly.

Ji Boying thought of something and pondered for a moment.

Following a thought, I saw another figure appearing in this elegant room, flanking Ji Boying and Lao Zhu. The person who came was none other than Emperor Tianshun - Blackened Zhu Qizhen.

The sudden appearance of the blackened Zhu Qizhen was startled and he was a little unable to react.

after all.

When the get out of class ended a year ago, the immortal teacher said that class would resume in a year and a half, but now it has only been a year, and it is far from a year and a half. Why did he get himself here now?

and.

The wind chimes didn't ring, and it was obvious that this was not the main hall of Zuixian Tower, but the elegant room on the top of the pavilion. Apart from Taizu, he was the only one present.

Emperor Tianshun thought quickly and quickly figured out that this should be a special call from the Immortal Master. "You, Lao Zhu, and I will go to Chenghua time and space together."

Ji Boying didn't explain much about the newly blackened Zhu Qizhen.

The reason why we have to take Heihua Zhu Qizhen with us on this trip to Chenghua time and space is also simple.

When a dynasty is in the midst of a period of subversive reform, and during this period, the emperor who led the reform suddenly passes away without any funeral arrangements, then what will the political situation of this dynasty be like? You can guess it even by thinking with your feet.

One word, chaos.

Under the chaos, all kinds of monsters and ghosts will appear. Maybe the once arrogant coward will become an iron-headed man in an instant.

of course.

For Ji Boying, because sooner or later he has to go back to the timeline of Chenghua time and space, it actually doesn't matter what kind of chaos the current Chenghua Dynasty will eventually become, even if it is destroyed on the spot.

However, Ji Boying's core need is to find out how Zhu Jianshen died.

In this way, the problem can be solved radically after going back on the timeline. We cannot go back and let Zhu Jianshen die again.

In order to find out the cause of Zhu Jianshen's death, we must prevent anyone from fishing in troubled waters. We must stabilize the Chenghua Chao water, and then someone must come out to calm things down.

This candidate is none other than Emperor Tianshun who blackmailed Zhu Qizhen.

In the 13th year of Chenghua, it was not long before the Tianshun year. The important positions in the imperial court were basically all Jinshi from the orthodox Jingtai and Tianshun years, and they all still recognized the face of Emperor Tianshun.

Blackening Zhu Qizhen is definitely enough.

"Yes."

Emperor Tianshun nodded.

He didn't ask what to do. He still knew what he should and shouldn't ask.

"What did you do, kid?"

Lao Zhu on the side, his eyes fell on Emperor Tianshun at this time. He felt an extremely strong murderous aura from the body of the blackened Zhu Qizhen, which was obviously just brought back from the battlefield.

"Go back to Taizu."

"I just led my army to Mobeiping and beheaded the [-]-level Wala. I am on my way back now."

The blackened Zhu Qizhen spoke calmly, as if the [-] heads chopped off were not human heads, but [-] watermelons.

"it is good!"

"Promising."

Lao Zhu paused after hearing this, and then laughed.

He didn't expect that Tianshun Zhu Qizhen could have such a big change. When he thought of Zhu Qizhen's appearance before, there was a huge difference between before and after.

In Lao Zhu's view, this fully illustrates the plasticity of his descendants!
"It seems that the beating we gave you before was not in vain."

Lao Zhu patted the blackened Zhu Qizhen on the shoulder to express encouragement.

Ji Boying tilted his head slightly and glanced at the blackened Zhu Qizhen.

Now he has absolutely reason to believe that the black man Zhu Qizhen always clings to Wang Yangming whenever he is in class. He definitely not only asks Wang Yangming for advice on the essentials of spiritual education, he may even have learned the dark side of the art of war.

Take a deep breath and continue to focus on the restarted Chenghua Time and Space Gate.

Ji Boying was really curious.

How did Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen die?

Did he die by himself or was he killed? !
If he was really killed, who had the ability and courage? !
Move with one thought.

Swish.

In an instant, the three figures disappeared in the elegant room at the top of the pavilion.

..............................

Chenghua time and space.

Regarding Chenghua time and space, Ji Boying made two timeline slides in total, once for more than half a year, and once to the current year.

The current time and space of Chenghua is from the spring of the 11th year of Chenghua when the immortal master Ji Boying first came. It is already the 13th year of Chenghua, at the turn of autumn and winter.

After a year and a half of reform in Chenghua Ming Dynasty, especially due to the hard work of Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen day and night, great changes have been made.

A series of national-level coordinating institutions such as the Royal Tiangong Institute of the Ming Dynasty, the Royal Medical College, the Royal Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Royal Silver Bank Head Office have all been completed, from office space to staffing, and have officially begun operations.

Then there are household registration reform, military reform, imperial examination reform, people's livelihood reform, clan reform, etc., each of which is in full swing.

The silver from the Japanese island had been continuously transported back to the mainland of the Ming Dynasty as early as years ago, and Japanese slaves were also transported back in large quantities to be used as hard labor.

The silver expansion plan has also expanded to most of Southeast Asia, and local excess silver has been continuously injected into Southeast Asian countries.

Accompanying the injection of this silver overseas was the Ming Dynasty's economic control over overseas countries, which in turn resulted in a large amount of productivity from these countries flooding back to the Ming Dynasty.

Under this virtuous cycle system, the overall national power of Chenghua Ming Dynasty continued to increase at a doubling rate.

Military firearms have developed rapidly. One of the first batch of projects after the Royal Tiangong Institute began to operate was the research and development of flintlock guns. Because there are samples, research and development improvements are basically not difficult.

Now Chenghua Ming Dynasty has been able to mass-produce flintlock guns, with one gun per capita, which is no exaggeration.

The situation in the northern border that the Ming Dynasty paid most attention to was.

Starting from the autumn of the 12th year of Chenghua, Emperor Chenghua had already issued an order to build a long military supply road in the northern border, so there was no need to be afraid of spending money!
After the grain road was built, he ordered an army of [-] to march north to Oara.

At first, Wala wanted to have a head-on confrontation with Ming Dynasty, but found that there was no way to do so. In front of a hundred thousand flintlock rifles, the Wala cavalry were just a group of living targets.

The Ming army went deep and built more and more fortresses outside the Great Wall. The farthest fortress had reached five hundred miles away in Mobei, forcing the Wala Tatars to eat grass.

And this is far from over.

In Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen's long-term plan for the northern border, the Wala Tatars in Mobei were to be completely wiped out. This group of Tatars would either be killed, or else they would leave Asia and go to Europe to rob.

This is also one of the prerequisites of the 'Siberia' policy in the classroom, and Zhu Jianshen resolutely implements it.

As for the Jiannu who are also in the north, the entire Jianzhou has been plowed seven times by Emperor Chenghua in just one and a half years from last spring to this autumn.

It is said in history that the state was founded with seven plows.

Especially those with the surname Aixinjueluo. Every one they caught was chopped into pieces and thrown into the sea to feed the fish.

In Jianzhou now, the Ming Dynasty has [-] regular garrison troops, all carrying guns. Even the Jurchen dogs on the streets dare not bark loudly for fear of being dragged out to be stewed.

The only ones that have not been moved are Annan and other countries in the southern border. The immortal master did not talk about this part, so Zhu Jianshen did not move for the time being.

you could put it that way.

The national power of the entire Chenghua Dynasty was in a stage of rapid improvement, and it was an absolute scene of a giant dragon soaring.

however.

all of these.

With the sudden death of the leader Chenghua Emperor, the trend came to an abrupt end.

Although it is not visible yet, it can already be seen.

For example, on the day after the death of Emperor Chenghua, the massive R&D funding that was supposed to be provided to the Royal Tiangong Institute was forcibly cut in half by the cabinet without any reason, and most of the R&D projects were paralyzed.

In terms of process, the funding decision of the Royal Tiangong Academy can only be made by the head of the Royal Tiangong Academy, and it is directly submitted to the emperor, who will personally review and approve it, without even using the red seal of the eunuch to seal the approval. , use another audit system alone.

But the current Chenghua time and space.

The emperor has collapsed, and the new emperor has not yet been determined who he will be.

The head of the Royal Tiangong Academy (Taichang Song Yingxing) was even absent, so the cabinet naturally forced the matter.

And this is just a microcosm.

Not only the Royal Tiangong Institute, but also other newly established institutions began to have problems to some extent after the emperor's death. Even the army that had just completed the reform began to have shady hands involved.

After all, the imperial court's military investment in the army is several times higher than in the past.

I can’t wait to get to this point and want to get a piece of the pie as soon as possible.

And speaking of the new emperor.

This is the moment.

In the Fengtian Hall of Chenghua Time and Space, a court meeting is in progress.

But what's interesting is that there are only ministers in this court meeting, and there is no master.

The dragon chair is empty.

Now, three full days have passed since the death of Emperor Chenghua. In other words, during these three days, the entire Chenghua Ming Dynasty was completely without an emperor.

Theoretically speaking, the sky cannot last a day without the sun, and the country cannot last a day without a king.

Since the last emperor has passed away, the next one should immediately ascend the throne in front of his soul.

but.

Who will succeed?

This became a problem.

What the Chenghua Chaohui is currently arguing about is this matter. Who can ascend the throne? !

Chao Shang is dividing the main force into two groups.

One, the civil servant group headed by Wan An, a bastard.

Second, the eunuch group was headed by Wang Zhi, the admiral of the West Factory. Of course, behind Wang Zhi stood Concubine Wan Gui.

In fact, if there were not this major reform that started last year, this issue would basically not need to be debated.

When the father dies, the son takes over. This is the ancestral system.

In addition, before the death of Chenghua Emperor Zhu Jianshen, only Zhu Youtang was a cub, so Zhu Youtang should be the confirmed next emperor.

But here comes the core problem.

This major reform includes the reform of the prince prince system. It was decided a year ago that the prince must be fifteen years old. This is a rigid condition for succession!
This also means that from the perspective of the crown prince system, even if Zhu Youtang is Zhu Jianshen's only son, he still cannot inherit the throne.

Therefore, the current government is divided into two factions.

First, the civil servant group requested that vassal kings from other places who were close to Zhu Jianshen by blood should be chosen to succeed him, that is, the Yingzong disciples.

Second, the eunuch group firmly supported Zhu Youtang, who was only eight years old, to succeed to the throne.

The reason why these two factions made such different choices is also very simple.

The civil service group in the Chenghua Dynasty was in a state of ruin. As long as the civil service group could welcome the vassal king from outside the country to ascend the throne, the civil service group would collectively have the merit of following the dragon and turn around and sing.

The eunuch group wanted Zhu Youtang to succeed because the eight-year-old Zhu Youtang could not take charge personally, and had to be regent by Concubine Wan Gui. So naturally the eunuchs and relatives had the final say in the court.

"The system of crown prince is a system established by Emperor Daxing himself during his lifetime."

"Wang Zhi! Are you going to disobey Emperor Daxing's order?!"

Wan'an, who had always been known as a gangster in the Chenghua Dynasty, now became extremely tough.

In fact, Wan'an is not the chief assistant of the cabinet now, but the second assistant. The first assistant is Li Bing, who participated in the first assistant training class.

It's just that Li Bing was too upright. With Zhu Jianshen's support, Li Bing could be steady and carry out drastic measures. But after Zhu Jianshen's death, almost no one among the civil servants listened to Li Bing's words.

For example, cutting the funding of the Royal Tiangong Institute was done by cabinet members who collectively banded together to bypass Li Bing.

In the end, Mr. Li still couldn't calm down.

In addition, Li Bing has been seriously ill for more than half a month since the beginning of autumn. Now he can't even get out of bed. He can't even attend the court meeting.

"Ah."

Wang Zhi glanced at Wan An and smiled coldly.

"My lords, listen carefully."

"What I said today is the imperial concubine's order. Who wouldn't accept it?!"

Eunuch Wang, dressed in a majestic python robe, stood in front of the palace with his arms akimbo, his head held high, and his nostrils pointed at the civil servants.

The voice fell.

From both sides of the Fengtian Hall, suddenly a large number of guards in brocade clothes poured out, with embroidered spring knives drawn out in their hands.

If you dare to show your sword in Fengtian Palace, good fellow, that's all for rebellion.

This posture looked like he was going to kill someone in front of the court. The civil servants all turned pale in shock. After all, no one wanted to be stabbed.

"Don't talk about you bunch of rotten scholars. Even if Emperor Yingzong appears today, it won't work!"

Boom~!

In the dim light of the hour, before the dragon stopped, a horned dragon's golden thunder split the sky into two.

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