Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 358 It’s easy to say, but there is only one Zhu Zhanhe

Looking at her brother-in-law's leaving figure, Mrs. Zhang felt a little lost.

She didn't have to bear so much.

First it was the old man, and then her husband. Even after the death of two emperors, and even if the time interval was less than a year, the Ming Dynasty did not become chaotic.

First, it is because the Ming Dynasty has a successor who has already been decided. Although he is not recognized as the best, he is still arranged.

Second, it is because the biggest factor of instability in the Ming Dynasty did not arise.

If King Wu's lineage is silent and takes action, then it's hard to say. It can only be said that the current Ming Dynasty is the best ending, and any other ending will not be better than this.

But it is because of this unstable factor that Zhang has to bear far more than she did at the same time in history.

After all, her son could have been responsible for everything originally, but now...

Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhang shook her head slightly and sighed softly.

At the beginning, Zhu Zhanhe enfeoffed all the concubines of Emperor Hong Xi, and most of them were from border areas and overseas. She supported it, and she did not hesitate at all when sealing the seal, which was quite happy.

There is only one reason, she does not want anyone other than her son to sit on the throne, even if this possibility is more absurd than everyone in King Wu's lineage covering up overnight.

In fact, when she was ennobling Emperor Hongxi's concubine, Mrs. Zhang had guessed that Zhu Zhanhe would soon take action against her son, and she had imagined what the outcome would be like.

In fact, this matter is not that complicated. For the sake of face and stability, the King of Wu put some of the most important rights in her hands.

Although as long as King Wu wanted to take it away, it would only be a matter of a moment, but she still had this right on the surface.

Therefore, she knew that her brother-in-law and her eldest nephew would not do anything too wrong.

It was expected that Zhu Zhanyong was sent to Yingtian Mansion, the accompanying capital of Daming, because Shuntian Mansion now does not allow any son of the former emperor to take power, even if it is only a little bit.

Mrs. Zhang also knows that it can be said that there is a [-]% possibility that Zhu Zhanyong, a worthless child, will be let go, because doing so will have the least impact and bring the least negative effects, but she still fantasized about it.

Fantasizing... his outstanding son Zhu Zhanqian was let go, so that the lineage of the prince back then would have the hope of making a comeback, instead of even the emperor being imprisoned in the palace like now.

And it's still in the East Palace.

This can be said to be the biggest shame, but there is nothing they can do.

Seeing that Hu Wei, Xia Yuanji and others all fell to the line of Wu Wang, and even the British Duke Zhang Fu chose to keep silent, Zhang didn't know what else he could do for his son.

She is also hard.

On the one hand, it is the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

The lineage of King Yan originally took the throne from the lineage of Prince Zhu Biao, so they must do a good job so that they can pay tribute to their ancestors.

On the other hand, it was her biological son.

Mrs. Zhang knew very well that compared to her son, her nephew would run Ming Dynasty better, but after all, he was her son, the child to whom she devoted the most effort.

On the one hand, as the empress dowager, as the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty, on the other hand, as her own son, even if Zhang had been prepared, even if she knew what she should do, she was still a little confused.

The sun rises higher and higher, releasing its energy unrestrainedly towards the world.

Before the Little Ice Age, this was a good thing, but it made Zhang's heart increasingly uneasy.

……

Sirius.

Mu Bin sat blankly on the city wall, looking at the soldiers working outside the city talking and laughing, looking like a fool.

Not far away stood Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng.

Qian Yong remained silent because it had nothing to do with him, and he never cared about things that had nothing to do with him. He always took Zhu Zhanhe's orders as his top priority.

As for Zhu Sanfeng, he kept smacking his lips and shaking his head.

As a normal person, when he saw a large-scale execution, and it was the execution of civilians, Mu Bin's reaction should actually be considered normal, but he was Mu Bin.

As the eldest son of Mu Sheng and the next successor of the Qianning Palace, his performance was not enough, and could even be said to be unqualified.

In fact, even as the successor of the Qianning Palace, Mu Bin's performance is not so bad. After all, it is one thing to hear, but another to experience it.

Zhu Zhanhe vomited when he saw the murder for the first time. No matter how outstanding Mu Bin is, even cold-blooded, he is still a 17-year-old kid after all. How good can he be?

It's just that everyone's expectations are too high.

"Sister Sanfeng..."

I don't know how long it took, but the soldiers outside the city had finished their work and returned to the city carrying their tools. Mu Bin also came to his senses and turned to look at Qian Yong and Zhu Sanfeng behind him.

"His Royal Highness...why did he kill these people? Aren't they civilians?"

Qian Yong looked at Zhu Sanfeng, who gave him a reassuring look and walked over.

Qian Yong hesitated for a moment, but seemed to think that he might be worse at this kind of thing, so he turned and left.

"Young Master, before answering your question, Sanfeng will ask you a question first."

Zhu Sanfeng leaned against the city wall, not caring about the place where more than 5 Youpei civilians were buried just a hundred steps behind him, and said calmly.

"If...I mean if, if you were His Highness the Crown Prince and wanted to maintain such a vast territory, what would you do?"

"I..." Mu Bin opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but chose to shut up after thinking about it.

Just now, he subconsciously wanted to take out the things in the book as before, but the reasons for the decline and even death of various dynasties emerged in his mind.

There are ways to do it, but do they really work?

Are the Meng Yuan cavalry powerful?Very powerful.

Although the area that Zhu Zhanhe defeated now is no smaller than that of God's Whip, the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire still used tactics instead of direct head-on confrontation.

Arrogant and cruel, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty could not eradicate the resistance of the Han people. From another perspective, could the Han people completely suppress the resistance of other ethnic groups?
If it cannot be suppressed, what will be the outcome of Ming Dynasty?
It seems that it can only be the same as the Tang, Song and even Yuan dynasties, right?

Thinking of this, Mu Bin suddenly thought of Yunnan, Xiangzhou Prefecture, and the reason why Zhu Zhanhe did this.

Turning his head suddenly, Mu Bin looked at Zhu Sanfeng with eyes full of disbelief.

If it is really what he thinks, then Zhu Zhanhe...

He dare not think...

Now, the number of dead souls under Zhu Zhanhe's name is beyond counting, at least more than 2000 million, because there are more than these civilians who died due to the failure of the potato harvest in the Timurid Empire.

In the future, Zhu Zhanhe will also advance to the Golden Horde, the Grand Duchy of Mosk, and even the Kingdom of Naples and further north...

Mu Bin shuddered violently.

At this moment, he finally understood why Zhu Zhanhe was able to control the entire Ming Dynasty in such a short period of time.

It sounds simple, but Zhu Zhanhe is the only one who can do it.

After seeing the real world, Mu Bin finally understood everything, but sometimes, people's understanding and even imagination are not as good as reality.

Nicea.

As far as cities are concerned, Nicaea is the closest city to the Castle, but in terms of coastline, Nicaea is not the closest.

However, Nicaea is only about ten miles away from the sea.

coast.

What is it called here?Jian Xiao doesn't know, he only knows that this is the closest place to Junbao, and the straight-line distance is only a little over a mile.

A little more than a mile, a distance of about [-] steps, even without the help of a telescope, Jian Xiao could clearly see that the castle on the other side was ready.

The wind roared, this was Jian Xiao's first reaction.

However, he was used to seeing strong winds and waves, so Jian Xiao was not too surprised. After all, no one would tremble when they heard the words "Da Ming".

He waved his hand very calmly. Kunzhaxi immediately waved the flag in his hand after seeing it, and a group of Uszangdusi soldiers escorted people forward quickly.

Are these people made of peptide people?Actually not.

Nicaea is already part of the northern half of the Asia Minor Peninsula. It has long been captured by the Ming Dynasty. Although the Yutide people have not been cleared out like Zhu Zhanhe did before, there are not many left.

After all, many slaves came from here when the Suez Canal was being dug.

Nowadays, among the people being escorted by the soldiers, there are some Youpiao people, but very few. Most of them are the most ordinary white pigs, but most of them have a common identity.

Byzantines.

That's right, it's the Byzantine Empire whose capital is the castle opposite.

As those people were tied up and pushed into the sea, the castle opposite seemed to be agitated, but it was quickly suppressed and calmed down again.

Jian Xiao frowned slightly when he saw this.

Soon, a fast horse galloped out of the Great Ming Formation and headed southeast.

……

Ankara.

Sitting at the rear, Zhu Zhanhe had actually not done this kind of thing for a long time.

Although he never went into battle in person and took risks personally, he would always issue some of the most important orders in the camp behind the army.

This time, however, it's not a big deal.

This time, although Da Ming was the final main attacker, Da Ming would not easily cross the Turkish Strait until the people from the Kingdom of Naples who were in charge of luring the enemy appeared.

But one thing is that Ankara is not far from Linesia.

Within half a day, Jian Xiao's battle report reached here and appeared in Zhu Zhanhe's hands.

Regarding this battle report, Zhu Zhanhe simply looked at it and threw it aside, because it itself did not have much value.

Jian Xiao emphasized only one thing in the battle report, and that was that the King's Castle's reaction was not right. It was too bland and did not look like a new king taking the throne.

Yes, the Byzantine Empire, which may also be called the Eastern Roman Empire, has the current monarch John VIII, who just ascended the throne last year.

"Your Highness, you..." Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping looked at Zhu Zhanhe's movements and hesitated to speak.

Normally, they would not speak, but now they were the only ones around Zhu Zhanhe, and they had an extra task.

The commanding officers are also called generals, and this is not a special case. The two of them are responsible for commanding the escort of Crown Prince Zhu Zhanhe.

"Don't worry, I have my own solution." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, but he didn't choose to explain.

In fact, when people mention the new king's accession to the throne, they will think of chaos in the DPRK and turmoil in the country, but this kind of thing is not absolute.

One possibility is that the monarch is so powerful that no one will oppose him or even have the slightest idea.

But this situation is almost non-existent, so there is another possibility.

It is possible, but it is actually not appropriate, because this kind of situation actually occurs widely in Europe. It is a different system born of different cultures.

This system is called co-governance.

The so-called co-governance actually means establishing a new monarch before the emperor abdicates or even dies. The new monarch and the previous monarch jointly govern the country. To put it bluntly, it is a bit like the emperor and prince in the Central Plains.

But in fact, this kind of co-governance in Europe is a way of giving great power to the prince, and it is incomparable to the system in the Central Plains.

Of course, this is only superficial, but Zhu Zhanhe knows the secrets behind this very well.

These white pigs have always been hypocritical. Although they cannot escape the dominance of desire, they still have to pretend to be righteous. This is the case in this co-governance system.

In the history of Europe, especially in the history of the Byzantine Empire, there were many monarchs who co-ruled, but as new monarchs, there were very few people who could obtain the rights brought by co-rule.

John VIII was an exception.

John VIII had just been established as the new king and participated in self-government. The Ottoman Empire sent troops to the Byzantine Empire the next year, but the army led by John VIII's father Manuel II was defeated.

The Byzantine Empire was forced to sign a treaty with the Ottoman Empire and pay indemnity to the Ottoman Empire.

The new monarch co-ruled, but the old monarch was defeated. Under such circumstances, Manuel II's reputation quickly declined, and John VIII's reputation quickly rose.

The year after the defeat, Manuel II died in depression, and John VIII officially ascended the throne and became the sole monarch of the Byzantine Empire.

This is why John VIII was able to control the entire Byzantine Empire so well even though he had only ascended the throne for a year.

But when he thought of this, Zhu Zhanhe, who had always had good self-control, couldn't help laughing, which made Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping look sideways.

The main reason is that today's Byzantine Empire really cannot afford the word empire, because when John VIII ascended the throne, the Byzantine Empire, which was infinitely glorious and arrogant at the time, had declined to an unsightly level.

To what extent is it considered unsightly?

Probably the only capital that John VIII could actually control was Castle. There were several surrounding provinces, but they were all ruled by his younger brother.

Moreover, these provinces plus Junbao together are only as big as Ningbo Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty.

How big was the Ningbo Mansion in the Ming Dynasty?It was as big as the four places of Ningbo, Cixi, Fenghua and Zhenhai put together in later generations.

(End of this chapter)